I’m writing to voice my support for Karl Pruter for Rindge Board of Selectmen (BOS). Karl has been the steady hand during a difficult year of employee departures and the complications of dealing with the pandemic.
Thank you, Karl, for your courage in presiding over the BOS while the virus was raging. I regret that I did not feel safe attending more public meetings and offering support for Karl, other volunteer board members and town employees. I wish that we could develop a robust system for remote participation at town committee meetings, so that elders and people with young children would be able to participate more fully and safely. I know Karl brought in a monitor to try to include a remote audience while the emergency order was in place.
I appreciate that Karl is a retired educator who continues a life of service by taking on the role of selectman. He is in it for the town, not any business interest. I know Karl personally from his efforts to clean up the third floor of the library with its unique collections. I volunteered a couple of Saturdays, helping him, and enjoyed working with this very intelligent and kind man. Did you know that Karl also volunteers with the Rindge Fire Department? I feel very comfortable that if re-elected, Karl will continue to assist the BOS in managing the town with compassion and wisdom.
Patricia Martin
Rindge