to build on what makes us great and get much better and what doesn't, lieutenant governor polito and i have created a talented diverse, experienced bipartisan cabinet and staff. they will approach their message with a passion and a thoughtfulness to make massachusetts great, and they understand the policy pronouncements without follow-through amount to empty promises. former mayor tom menino taught us all many valuable lessons. he believed government was about high ideals. but he also equally believed that basic services mattered and that every detail counted. when people have to wait for hours to conduct a simple transaction at the registry, they're not being served. when thousands of families continue to be confused and let down by the health connector, we're not paying attention to the details. those are but two examples. we will challenge the status quo. we will look for and try new approaches. we'll recognize they may not always work and when that happens we'll acknowledge it learn from it and try again. i believe our actions will be heard in many ways but the loudest of these a

now, when lieutenant governor polito and i complained last year we said we were chasing 100% of the vote. based on the results this morning, we clearly didn't get it. but we campaigned hard in many communities of color, and we did so because we believe these neighborhoods have not benefited from the economic success that has become more commonplace in other parts of the commonwealth. but there are inspiring points of light in these communities because individual economic development, education, community development and social service entrepreneurs are turning so-called lost causes into definite winners. my friend in the commonwealth's new secretary for business development nam pham and the folks at v.a. have worked with their neighbors to literally turn their neighborhood in dorchester into a community on the move where families want to live. robert lewis junior at the base and roxbury has attracted millions in scholarships from colleges across the country. those scholarships are designated for the young men from communities of color who participate in his baseball and mentoring program