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THE CHAIRMAN: Now, gentlemen, I think the
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next thing we've got to do is move into the second phase
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of our agenda and that is a review of the policy questions
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to be submitted to the full Commission. I'm sorry, we
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do not have the minutes of that last meeting to be read,
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but I am going to ask Dr. Loevy from his notes to briefly
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review the ground wo covered at the last meeting for the
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benefit of all.
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DR. LOEVY: At the last meeting, the general
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question was again what should be the proper unit of local
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government. Reporter Jones suggested that we should look
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at local government problems, in other words, see just
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what problems local governments were facing, before
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deciding what unit of government would be best for the
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State of Maryland.
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Judge Adkins suggested that in his opinion the
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best form of government would be to keep the counties and
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that any metropolitan form of government should be
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strictly voluntary. He opposed the idea of pinning any
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form of metropolitan government down in constitutional
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language.
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