Board of Aldermen 04-12-2022 Page 34
hopefully like to clear that point up and say that whether you own a home or rent a home in the City of Nashua, you have
the right to participate in the city process. Happily, | believe it was 1792 that the State of New Hampshire eliminated
property ownership as a requirement for participation in the civic process and luckily for that you won't get to hear me talk
once or twice a month or so. That's all | have. Thank you.
Alderman Dowd
Yes, I'd also like to wish Happy Easter, Happy Passover to all the residents of Nashua. | would like to also send my
condolences to the Clemons family for their loss. It's very tough losing a family member.
The other thing | heard off and on and people say I've lived in Nashua so many years. Well I've lived in Nashua 76 years
and | have 43 years of city service. So | think | serve as probably predates a lot of people that when they were in school.
Alderman Gouveia
Thank you, Madam President. Happy Easter and Passover and all those who celebrate and just thank you for everybody
who came out during this process of expanded downtown dining. | feel like as a freshman Alderman, I’ve really gone
through the wringer on this one nice and early. So it was great to be part of the process and thank you to everybody who
came out and spent a lot of time with us here in the chamber.
Alderman Cathey
Thank you, Madam Chair. A few things. I'd like to just extend my condolences to Alderman Clemons and | deeply know
what that feels like.
I'd like to give congratulations to Tim Sennott. He's actually in my Ward. He's very active, cares about the city a lot, and |
think he'll be a great asset to the committee. Also congratulations to Mr. Bollinger and Mr. LeClair. | serve on the
Planning Board with them. They're both outstanding members who really care about how the city is moving forward when
it comes to planning. Also, congratulations to Captain Fay. I've had many conversations with him. | think he'll be a great
asset. I'd also like to extend my thanks to DPW. I've e-mailed them several times this week alone just asking for
cleanups from certain citizens and they are very quick on the draw and they are happy to help. No complaints and they
usually take care of it within a day or so. So | appreciate their hard work.
| was going to weigh in on the barrier thing. I'm not going to. | will say this. There's a bust on Main Street of
Lawrence Elliot. He also has a field named after at Bishop Guertin. His son, who's my ex-father-in-law died today from a
heart attack. | know I’m crying. | promised myself that | wouldn't but | lost. The reason I'm bringing this up is he served
our church for 50 years and that meant a lot to me because now I'm a public servant. | just wanted to have his name on
record. (inaudible) I'm sorry. I’m done.
Alderman Thibeault
Thank you, Madam President. So | definitely want to give my condolences to Alderman Cathey and Alderman Clemons
and his wife, Ashley. | know it's tough to go through that. I've definitely gone through it myself and we all will at some
point. So it's tough and thank you for both being here.
Happy Passover, Happy Easter to everyone that have of the fates that follow. I, too, know the Patineau family. | coached
Shay for many, many years since he was a little kid and even his brother Cole who is younger. So that was a tragic
accident that he had gone through. So for the Color Run, please, please support that.
Just a couple of things | wanted to address outside of those things because obviously, | just got attacked already in the
public comment. | just want to say go back and look at the meetings. | never called anybody malcontents. You can twist
it into a way that makes it seem like | did, but | didn't call anybody malcontents. Both sides have people that are
passionate about how they feel about these things. Someone's gonna be on one side of the vote one week and
someone's gonna be on the other side other weeks. It doesn't mean | dislike people or don't like those people. It's just
sometimes, you know, in the passion of things we get a little too excited about our passion for whatever we're talking
about.
When | talked about police and fire, it was that | believe they will and | use the words “figure it out” because | believe in
them. | think they know what they're doing more than | do. The police were here today. They didn't come up and grab
the mic and say, hey it's going to be dangerous. | believe that they can cover this this area. | really do. Other people
have talked to it tonight.
