City Hall: Aldermanic list -- None was naughty, all were nice
By SCOTT BROOKS
The Union Leader (New Hampshire)/MSNBC
December 22, 2008
NAME GAME: Alderman At-Large Lopez won't say it was a bad idea to name the Granite Street bridge after Sen. Judd Gregg.
"I'm not going to second- guess the Board of Mayor and Aldermen," he said last week. "They did what they did. It was a 13-to-1 vote. It's over, as far as I'm concerned."
Nevertheless, Lopez said he thinks the city has a problem when it comes to naming stuff. Lately, he said, "We've been naming too many things without researching (them). And there are no procedures. I believe there should be some type of procedure."
Board members agreed Tuesday to have someone look into the issue.
At least a few people are still upset the board opted to name a bridge after Gregg, who, they note, is neither a Manchester resident nor deceased.
"There are so many other citizens who have resided in this city, and who have made significant contributions to the city, that are deserving of this honor," one city man, Warren Bouchard, told the board last Tuesday.
It was Mayor Frank Guinta who asked the board to name the bridge for the Republican senator, who helped earmark $15 million for the Granite Street project. For the record, Lopez was one of the 13 aldermen who supported the motion. (The lone dissenting vote belonged to Sullivan.)
"I would not care whether he was an independent, a Democrat or a Republican," Lopez said at the time. "We got the money. We used it. It's great for the city."
|
|
|
 |
 |
 |
|
$9,790,798,485,160.00
|
$31,926.75 Per Citizen |
|
