ThinkProgress:John and Abigail Adams scholarship fund, supported by state funds
Once again ThinkProgress puts the facts out:
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/08/30/778781/rnc-thursday/
9:17: Healey ends her review of Romney’s record as governor of Massachusetts without mentioning the administration’s greatest accomplishment: Romneycare.
Jane Edmonds, Romney’s former Massachusetts workplace safety secretary, is touting his appointment of women to top positions in government. At that time, Romney also presented himself as a pro-choice governor with more moderate positions on women’s issues.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/the_conversion/2012/02/mitt_romney_s_abortion_record_flip_flop_or_conversion_.html
9:19:
A video mentions the John and Abigail Adams scholarship fund, which Romney established. The program is supported by state funds.
9:32: Former Olympians take the stage to highlight Romney’s leadership during the 2002 Games. The Salt Lake City Olympics that Romney ran received $1.5 billion in government funds and cost taxpayers 1.5 times the combined inflation adjusted amount spent on all seven previous Olympics held in the United States.
9:30: Though he’s performing at the RNC, former American Idol Taylor Hicks declined to endorse Romney.
http://www.osfa.mass.edu/default.asp?page=adamsScholarship