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Editorial: Endorsing John Coutinho for Select Board

By contributor,

Dear Editor

It is with great pleasure that We pen this letter of support, for the re-election of John Coutinho to the hopkinton Select board.

John is a man of action, strong convictions ,values and business acumen, who is always working to improve the community of Hopkinton. Close to a decade, John has been a positive change agent for Hopkinton, championing and executing numerous projects like the hopkinton library improvement, marathon elementry school building etc. John understands the value that new busineess and developments brings to this town and , he is very good at identifying and championing causes that enable the growth of the town, while being fiscally responsible. Under his watch there has been atleast 3 budget underrides that have been passed by the town.

As residents of Legacy farms, we ran from pillar to post, for a period of 1.5 years, trying to get a resolution to the school bus stop issue. Most of the responses we got were "We sympathise with you, but sorry we cannot resolve it for you". Once John heard about the details and gravity of the issue, at a Meet the candidate event, John proactively reached out to us. He studied the issue, understood the root cause, worked with the Developer and various town departments and committie's to enlist support and bring about a sensible and safe resolution for the issue (With ardent support from Meena Bharat,Mauriel Kramer and Brian Herr ). We are amazed, to date, with Johns meticulous approach to problem solving, his deep understanding of the town processes and rules, his relationships and negotiation skills. It was not an easy task, it had never been done in this town before, but John never wavered once during the whole process, explored many options and resolved each issue as it came up. John has the best interests of all Hopkinton residents in his mind.

During this challenging economic and social times, we can all sleep a little better knowing that Mr John Coutinho is on the select board watching out for all of us.

Mahesh Charkam & Rajeev Thottathil.

Makesh Charkam
16 Redwood Path
Hopkinton, MA 01748

Rajeev Thottathil
20 Primrose Cir
Hopkinton, MA 01748

**This article was written by a group or person in the Hopkinton Community and does not reflect the views of HCAM or any of their Board Members or Employees.**