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again a special interest group, well financed, could turn

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the tide rather than the total representation of this

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state, and I think there is a great fear here, and I think

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this amendment should be rejected.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Does any other Delegate desire

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to speak in favor of the amendment?

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Delegate Hanson,

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DELEGATE HANSON: Mr. Chairman, I rarely find

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myself in a position to disagree with my colleague from

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Montgomery County, Mr. Scanlan. I share his lack of

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enthusiasm for the legislative initiative. I was

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opposed to the legislative initiative and I remain opposed

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to the legislative initiative.

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I do not think that as a practical matter it

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has fulfilled the promises that were made for it when it

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was developed. I am a sponsor of this amendment, and I

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must say I am a sponsor of it with some degree of trepidatioi

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because of my lack of enthusiasm for initiatives generally.

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The reason I sponsor it, however, is for what 1

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believe is a very practical reason in the development of

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constitutional government. It is quite true that a