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at a loss with respect to its evolving around the question
of its contributing or adding to the Governor's power.
I had one experience in appearing before the
Board of Public Works representing some clients who owned
some property they were duped into buying in Massapque
Island.
The government wanted to take over the property.
After analyzing the proposal, I felt it was a bad deal for
the State government. I was not opposed to having that
property taken over for all the people.
We were entitled to a two-day hearing before th<;
Board of Public Works. These property owners constituted
something like over 1,000 individual families. I felt then
it would have been much better if those people had an oppor-
tunity to get to their House of Delegates and State Senate
and urge their case before committees of the General Assenb: y
with respect to that proposal of the Department of the
Interior.
I feel this is not a question of adding to the
Governor's power. If I felt it was so, I would vote for
the proposal and against the committee recommendation.