James held on to the lessons from those he met, and from an early age decided that his calling was the pursuit of social and economic justice. His activism further nurtured by the brothers at Xaverian High School, James went on to graduate from Harvard with honors where he was involved in numerous Democratic campaigns.
Quality education is a strength of our towns, but state aid to education has remained relatively flat while costs are increasing. The same is true for general local aid. While the State Legislature is debating general tax relief, I would rather see that funding given to communities to address the priorities they deem most urgent. I know from my days on the Holliston Finance Committee the care that goes into managing town budgets and would like to see more state resources entrusted to responsible people at the municipal level.