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Jenkins, the State Treasurer is not a full time job and
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hasn't been as long as I can remember. It has been a
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banker.
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MR. GOLDSTEIN: I think the present State
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Treasurer, in order to devote intelligently the time to
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the Public Works meetings today, you have to go out here
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and look around and know what is going on in this State.
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You are buying land costing several thousand dollars an
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acre, awarding contracts on buildings, several millions of
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dollars. He serves on the Retirement Boards along with
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the State Comptroller. Right now, we have over $460
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million to keep invested. ' It is a big job with a lot of
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responsibility.
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MR. ENEY: Still thinking of Dick's question
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and not thinking of the title, call him Chief Fiscal
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Officer, the fiscal port of it, administration of the
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funds could really be effectively handled by one official?
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MR. GOLDSTEIN: Ho question.
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MR. ENEY: Even though you may want to have a third
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man to serve on the Board of Public Works , he doesn't
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necessarily have to be part of the fiscal setup of the
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