Lou Pacheco Raynham Select Board Candidate 2026

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Local government sounds simple until you’re the one making the call with limited money, competing priorities, and neighbors who all need something different. We talk with Raynham Select Board candidate Lou Pacheco about what the job really looks like when you treat it as public service, not a slogan: get out in the field, learn the facts firsthand, bring them back to the board, and explain decisions clearly where everyone can hear them.

Lou connects his Raynham roots, Marine Corps service, decades in policing, and small business experience to a practical philosophy of town leadership. He argues that a select board works best as a unit, with members gathering input privately but deliberating together in public. We also dig into a big issue many towns face: as local journalism shrinks, how do residents stay informed and hold power accountable? Lou shares ideas for improving transparency through cable access and low-cost tools like AI-generated meeting transcripts and better distribution of minutes.

Budget pressure runs through everything. Rising costs, school funding needs, and aging infrastructure force tough tradeoffs, and Lou makes the case that “running the town like a business” misses the point of government services. We also cover priorities residents feel every day: project oversight for a public safety building, development that protects Raynham’s character, and traffic and speeding complaints that keep coming up at the doorsteps.

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