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The majority's only important argument for the
Volition of this board is that since the Comptroller and
Treasurer are not responsible to the governor, he cannot
control the action of the Board, and that consequently the
Board may be used as an arena for internecine warfare.
This contention is in no way supported by fact.
Indeed, the Board's history over the last 45 years has been
one of harmony and cooperation, and no evidence has been
presented to our committee that the Comptroller and the
Treasurer have ever been contrary to the gubernatorial
policy.
Their presence on the Board has, however,
provided our State with a vital system of checks and
balances in the area of State finance on a day-to-day
basis. And with the continuity of government within the
executive branch, moreover, as truly independent elected
officials, their membership on this board insures that the
; public may be aware of all the facts inherent in any import-
ant executive decision; and in these sensitive areas we
believe that the continued existence of the Board of Public
Works with these two independent elected officials, one