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1	you see, but it would act as, I think it would act as
2	kind of a county government over all of them, have the
3	Mayor of Baltimore, have your County Commissioners, but
4	have --
5	JUDGE ADKINS: A supervisor.
6	MAYOR McKELDIN: A supervisor.
7	JUDGE ADKINS: In other words, interpose
8	another governmental step?
9	MAYOR McKELDIN: Yes.
10	MR. SAYRE: And another tax structure?
11	MAYOR McKELDIN: Yes.
12	MR. ENEY: Something akin to New York City with
13	its five boroughs?
14	MAYOR McKELDIN: Yes, yes. It is not possible
15	for us to impose a sales tax because you can go across the
16	line into Baltimore County, and they can't do it because
17	they can come in here, but if we -- together we could solve
18	a lot of our financial problems that we can't solve right
19	now.
20	MR. SAYRE: Would you have any objection to
21	such a super-body taking away the County or City tax auth-