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Thirdly, the Comptroller is elected directly
by the people and directly responsible to the people so
that you have three people composing this Board who
are directly or indirectly responsible to the people.
The system has worked. The Board of Public
Works has worked. There has been little or no criticism
in my time against the Board of Public Works and the ques-
tion I ask: If we have something that has worked for a
hundred years, why change it for something that we know
naught of?
Now, another thing from the small town -- we
have taken away pretty well members of our legislature,
\e have to travel maybe 75 miles to find out who our
delegate is, but we would like the privilege of electing
a comptroller.
You have taken away a lot of our money in
taxes and every time that the legislature meets, they
take away a little bit more, so we would like to be able
to vote for the man who collects that money and go to
see him if we get anything wrong with our tax return.
I am for this amendment. I am for the Board