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members of that Board have no responsibility to the Governor.
This is clearly recognized by the Fiscal Manage-
ment Subcommittee of the Curlett Commission.- The Honorable
Joseph Sherbow, Chairman for that Subcommittee, on page 78
of the Commission's report said -- and I quote:
"It is entirely possible for the two other mem-
bers of the Board to override the policies and proposals of
the Governor and, in effect, to play a role which is, in
theory, assumed to be that of the chief executive.
"While Maryland has been fortunate that the
decision making rules of the Board have not disrupted
or seriously impaired State executive activity and develop-
ment, the impact of this rule upon future executive leader-
ship and responsibility should be carefully evaluated."
A majority of the Committee felt that this
dispersion, or this dilution of executive authority,
interferes with the governor's ability to implement and
carry out his programs; thatwhen the people elect a particu-
lar individual as Governor they have a right to expect that
the man they vote for won't have hobbles on his feet in
initiating and carrying into effect the programs which he