From The New York Times…
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Massachusetts Swears in a Black Democrat as Governor
By PAM BELLUCK
In a ceremony rich with gestures of openness and symbols of conquering adversity, Deval L. Patrick, the first black governor of Massachusetts, took his oath of office on Thursday. He promised far-reaching changes in attitude and policy and asked people to “see our stake in each others’ dreams and struggles as well as our own, and act on that.”
In the state’s first outdoor inauguration, part of four days of events intended to include people across the state, Mr. Patrick, the first Democratic governor here in 16 years, said, “For a very long time now we have been told that government is bad, that it exists only to serve the powerful and well-connected, that its job is not important enough to be done by anyone competent, let alone committed, and that all of us are on our own.”
“Today we join together in common cause,” he said, “to lay that fallacy to rest.”
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