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In closing, I won't quote Delegate Sherbow, but

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I believe everybody read his quote in the press. Thank

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you.

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THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Sherbow.

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DELEGATE SHERBOW: Mr. President, ladies and

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gentlemen of the Convention: I have too much affection

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and esteem for Delegate Kosakowski to want to mesmerize

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him. I think that in all the years we have known each

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other he has respected my views, and I have respected his.

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He favors lotteries, and I don't. I don't think

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that is the real issue. I don't think the real issue is

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whether or not you leave it in the Constitution or take

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it out. I think the real issue is whether or not you

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are going to open Maryland to the kind of evils that are

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occurring in other parts of the country.

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Ladies and gentlemen, I think that in the last

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debate we pretty well went through the entire picture as

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it dealt with lotteries. Let me just sum it up. 36 States

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have a ban on lotteries in their Constitution. Maryland

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likewise has this ban. Don't forget we have to go before