Presidential Hopeful Mitt Romney: Southwest

Paul Ryan Dept: In its vast food pantry in southwest Salt Lake, rows of tins and jars nestle neatly against each other: tomatoes, beans, juice, applesauce, pasta, fruit, jam, peanut butter. Heaps of spring-green corn are piled on spotless tables. There is milk and cheese from the church s dairy and meat from its ranches. The air is heavy with the seductive scent of freshly baked bread from an on-site bakery, according to The Star. Since presidential hopeful Mitt Romney beat far-right rivals in a primary mud-wrestling contest and then chose uber-conservative Paul Ryan as his running mate Mormons have been planted even more firmly in the Republican camp in the public mind and sALT LAKE CITY, UTAH If manna from heaven were measured by the metre, the Mormon church s Welfare Square would be off the map. The five-hectare sprawl of welfare offices and warehouses that make up the square, overlooked by a towering white grain silo, are a vision of the faith, hope and charity that appear the very opposite of the tight-fisted image that identifies Mormons so strongly with the Republican party. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.