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several reasons already here today, unless you want to
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repeat everything.
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THE CHAIRMAN: I think he said that it makes
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the officer closer to the people.
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MR. GOLDSTEIN: That is right.
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THE CHAIRMAN: And more responsive to the
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people and hence more independent of the desires or pres-
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sures that might be brought to bear upon him, either by
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the Governor or by legislative leaders.
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MR. ENEY: It is that second thing that I
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didn't think you consented on. You think he ought to
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be just as independent of 'the Legislature as he is of
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the Governor?
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MR. GOLDSTEIN: Absolutely, sir, an indepen-
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dent person elected by the people. The people scrutinize
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everything he has done. Every four years you have an
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election. He doesn't do the job properly. We get rid of
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him.
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MR. BROOKS: Let ma pursue that with another
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idea that has been contended and that is a post-audit
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function perhaps should be contracted for by the General
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