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operations of any agency, you can always find things to
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criticize. I don't think that this is categorically
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true, that there is no such thing as finding everything
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perfect .
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Now, if you involve this function of the post-
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audit into any kind of a political situation, I think
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you really will get hassling and wrangling in that situa-
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tion, which is to a largo extent avoided today in Maryland,
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by having the Auditor as a man who is professionally
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qualified to do the work of any certified public account-
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ant, as the nan responsible for, directly responsible for
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the immediate auditing practice. You could have some
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kind of a departmental setup where the Auditor as a
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separate official would come into a departmental context,
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but he would have to have independence.
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MR. ENEY: Lou, tell us why you think the Chief
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Fiscal Officer, assuming he should be elected, why
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should he be elected directly by the people instead of
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the Legislature? Why do you feel it should be the. people
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rather than the Legislature?
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MR. GOLDSTE1N: Why? I believe 1 have given you
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