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JUDGE ADKINS: Governor, on behalf of the
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Committee, I would like to express our real appreciation
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for your taking the time to give us the experience of your
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knowledge.
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GOVERNOR TAWES: Well, thank you, and, Judge,
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as I say, we have sort of rambled around, but I have given
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you the benefit of my views based on the experience I have
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had in the Governor's office.
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JUDGE ADKINS: That was essentially what we
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hoped for.
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GOVERNOR TAWES: We have had great changes,
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you know, in the State Government in the last eight or ten
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years with the exploding population, the increased school
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population, the demands on our colleges and our university.
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There are greater problems existing today than ever before,
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and I have tried to project some of my thinking to the
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future, not of the present, what I believe the State needs
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if it is going to carry on.
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I think we have a good State. I think when
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we compare Maryland and the other States of the nation,
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we may not rank first, we may not rank second, but certain-
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