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Delegate Gallagner.
DELEGATE GALLAGHER; Mr. Chairman, Ladies and
Gentlemen, you would think that the General Assembly of
Maryland was dealing with jelly beans instead of dollars.
We are running a billion dollar operation here
in the State of Maryland and I am sorry about anyone's
embarrassment, but I think what we are really interested in
is public advisability and responsibility on the part of th
General Assembly. I don't think it is too much trouble for
a Committee Chairman to keep a record of votes, and I think
when he thinks he is taking a final vote and it is
considered to be final that it is not too much difficulty to
see that that information is transmitted to the proper
parties.
The one thing seems certain down here and that i>
when you want to change any old way that they have done it
for years and years and years, you suddenly have everyone's
back up and that is most unfortunate. I suppose that what we
have today was once considered to be theoretical, new,
unsatisfactory. Now it is tradition bound, it has ivy on
it. nobody wants to touch it. I say if you want
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