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as one point.

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MR. ENEY: Joe, I'm not quite sure I follow

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you and I think that is an important point. You mean by

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retaining the Senate, you get a different kind of repre-

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sentation that would give a little more say-so to the

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less populous counties? Is that what you're hitting at?

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SENATOR CURRAN: This is one way of doing it.

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I would hate to think that we would do away with area

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representation and strictly go on the populous areas.

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I think the retention of the Senate would in some way

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insure, to a degree, to the areas that are not perhaps

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as rapidly growing at least some semblance of a say in

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the one thing that most concerns them and that is the

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distribution of revenues.

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MR. ENEY: In other words, if I follow you,

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what you are saying is you would prefer to retain the

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Senate because of the same reason you have it now, but

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in a lesser degree?

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SENATOR CURRAN: Well, it's another shot at

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the problem. That may not be the only reason, but that

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is ray one reason the idea of home rule is not good,



 

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