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nothing.
When I came here I believed that the comptroller
should not be elected in his office and I vowed, and I
believed that it should not be in the Constituti.on, but I
was willing to listen to reason and be convinced otherwise.
Since I have been here I have not been convinced and I
still believe it should not be in the Constitution. I
still believe it should not be an elective office, and the
compromise which continues the Board of Public Works is
not a compromise. The compromise which continues the
comptroller as an elective office is not a compromise. The
compromise which allows him to be on the Board of Public
Works, and that was one of the main reasons we did want the
Board of Public Works is not a compromise.
I cannot see how the compromise is anything
except giving up your principal and once we begin giving
up principal we will continue doing the same thing. I
shall vote against it.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Fornos.
DELEGATE FORNOS: Mr. Chairman, fellow
Delegates, I have always maintained that this Constitution