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them daily. I am in contact with Ben Morris, Englebert,
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people who handle the general funds every day.
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MR. ENEY: Even though they account to you like
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clerks of the court do now, the general impression I had
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was that your chief reason for saying that the Comptroller
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ought to be, or the Chief Fiscal Officer ought to be
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independent, and elected is not because he is the tax
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collecting officer, but because he is a member of the
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Board of Revenue Estimates, and he is a member of the
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Board of Public Works?
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MR. GOLDSTE1N: That is right.
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MR. ENEY: He does have the power to supervise
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the other revenue collecting functions?
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MR. GOLDSTE1N: That is right. He is the voice
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of the people. He represents the people.
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THE CHAIRMAN: Along that same line, Louie,
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and this is really not meant to be a loaded question,
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and if you don't want to answer it, quite all right, but
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a lot of times, in theory at least it is said that the
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collector of revenues should not be an elected official,
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because it exposes him, and therefore, the system to undue
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