Tomorrow I will link to another faith based initiatives story from last week here.
By Frank Phillips, Globe Staff | June 29, 2005
Governor Mitt Romney said yesterday he has created a special office to help faith-based groups in Massachusetts land more federal money, and he appointed his wife, Ann, to lead it.
Romney, flanked by his wife and Jim Towey, head of the White House office of faith-based initiatives, endorsed faith-based programs yesterday as a means to provide social services and said he wanted to step up the state’s efforts to help religious groups and charities attract federal help.
Some 44 groups in Massachusetts received $21 million in federal funding last year, ranking Massachusetts 16th in the nation among states receiving federal faith-based initiative grants. The state has received $60 million over the last two years. Massachusetts becomes the 27th state to create a special office for the program.…Read More
I figured I’d start this blog off by posting a few blogs from my Elect Romney in 2008 site concerning First Lady of Massachusetts Ann Romney. How does that sound for a beginning?
December 8, 2002 Sunday
By Jill RadskenShe is known around the house as “the Mitt Stabilizer.” And as she relaxes at her Belmont home one morning with her husband, the governor-elect, and three of her sons, it’s easy to see how Ann Romney got her nickname.
She laughs and interjects a word or two, but doesn’t get in a full sentence for the first 10 minutes of an interview with the Boston Sunday Herald, the first she’s given to a Boston newspaper since her husband won the election last month.
Instead, hyper-kinetic Mitt dominates the conversation, lamenting that he’s already regained the weight he lost during the campaign, and describing himself and his married sons as unworthy spouses.
When Ann finally does takes the floor, it’s to explain what is already plain to see: Her role in the family is to be a “calming” and “focused” presence. “I’m the one that kept the family going,” she said.
While raising the boys……Read More.