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.
As small towns look for ways to improve their bottom line and be supportive of the environment by doing things like contributing energy to the public grid, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and utilities companies seem to be slow walking important projects. It is not acceptable to use a 20th-century approach of centralized control and delivery to address 21st-century challenges. Every year of delay in implementing local energy initiatives is costing Holliston alone almost $400,000 a year. We need to modernize decision-making and accountability processes.