As an Natick official I will begin to restore financial responsibility in the town of Natick. I am not going to ask the taxpayers for one more dime until the town gets its financial house in order!

Our problem is not on the revenue side of the ledger but on the expense side! Our difficulties with the towns budget are structural and until we stem these structural problems we will be facing overrides continually.

The town will not have the money we need in order for our seniors to keep their homes and for our children to have the education they need to compete in this global economy.

Let me stress, I am in favor of the override provided that we thoroughly examine ways to reduce the waste within the existing budget. All I am asking, is that before we ask the tax payers for more of their hard earned money, we look to get our financial house in order.

If elected, John will implement his CORE plan:

• More widespread use of technology in all town departments
• Further cross-departmental integration
• Merging of the additional town and schools administrative functions
• Departmental consolidation
• Strategic outsourcing
• Evaluate the possibility regionalization where ever practical