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first time in a governmental action other than balloting.

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Others are experienced. I would like to know everything

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that goes on. I have had experience in this Convention,

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and my experience here has shown me that there are some

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meetings that cannot and should npt be opened because

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they can be misinterpreted if people can only listen to

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a portion or part when they are there.

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I would suggest, instead of taking amendment

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24, which opens everything and which will force the

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general assembly in which we must have confidence,

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we must have confidence in them, instead of forcing then

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to issue by statute hoards of "do not", we do have, according

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to the Maryland code, obviously many open meetings, and we

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will continue to.

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I am sure in the integrity of the general

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assembly they will open more and more. But we must do

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it through the positive, not the negative. Let us do

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it as it benefits the people.

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Amendment 24 does not delete, from what I under-

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stand of those who are knowledgable , it does not delete the

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rights that we already have. It will give us the others