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DELEGATE FORNOS: Mr. Chairman, fellow delegates,
I seldom find myself aligned with the distinguished former
President of the Senate, but when he is right, being one of
those in this body who votes with an open mind, I have to
side with him.
I would like to recall a bill which was sent
down from the Governor's office shortly after he took
office in the last session which eliminated competitive
bidding on all contracts to be awarded by the State Roads
Commission below the sum of $10,000. The effect of this
bill was to give the State Roads Commission, the right to
award contracts throughout this State, up to $10,000, to
anyone he wanted to. After 12 hours of debating this bill
in this House it finally passed by one vote. A man turned
around to me and said, I made a mistake on that vote. I
was with you and I just didn't realize the mistake I made,
as our president made yesterday and some other peopte have
moved here, so he got up and moved for reconsideration. It
was 11:20 at night. The Senate was out of session already
at 10 o'clock. The Speaker without blinking said, I am
sorry, that bill has already gone to the other body.