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BOSTON—With his hand on a Bible originally used by his father as governor of Michigan, W. Mitt Romney was sworn in Thursday as the 70th governor of Massachusetts, pledging to end a culture of political patronage on Beacon Hill...
...Romney, who succeeds Jane M. Swift, continues more than a decade of Republican control over the Corner Office in a State House otherwise overflowing with Democrats. In fact it was two Democrats, Senate President Robert E. Travaglini and House Speaker Thomas M. Finneran, who administered the oath of office to Romney and Lt. Governor Kerry Murphy Healy ’82 before a backdrop of other state-wide elected officials, also all Democrats...
Many of the newly-elected officials spent significant time campaigning for Republican W. Mitt Romney in his successful bid for Massachusetts’ governorship this past fall...
...Romney] campaign ate up a significant portion of my fall, but it was a great experience,” Silvestri said...
Governor-elect W. Mitt Romney has expressed a degree of skepticism about contributing to convention expenses in light of next year’s projected $2 million state budget shortfall. Last week, in reference to contributions, Romney said, “I don’t believe in corporate welfare. I certainly don’t believe in political welfare either.” He vowed to examine whether the state would fully recoup whatever investments it pledges for the convention. We hope that Romney’s skepticism is not politically motivated, and that he will negotiate fairly with...