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amend their charters. That vote, as the Chairman knows,

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and was mentioned a while ago, was 15 to nothing. When they

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take our provisions out of local government and completely

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ignore them, it seems to me that is going a little too far.

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There has been no reason expressed here that I have heard,

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for not putting this in, other than it would be some

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extra language in the schedule.

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I submit that if we vote against this you

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will be voting against the complete will of the Local

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Government, and do an injustice to this particular section.

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THE CHAIRMAN: The Chair would like to comment

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that this very extensive discussion has done little to

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clarify the issue, and I think has caused a great deal of

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confusion, and at the risk of taking a few more moments,

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I would like to direct a few questions to Delegate Carson,

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and I say Delegate Carson because he indicated that he

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undertook to talk to the Municipal League, and in a

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sense represents some of the views of at least one of the

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committees.

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I think all of us must keep in mind in the

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background for these questions that what Delegate Hardwicke