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committee. He looked it up the other day. The model
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says the Governor should do it with an advisory committee
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You would have the State legislature continue, would you?
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SENATOR JAMES: I'm not too impressed with
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the work of the State legislature generally speaking in
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reapportioning itself. It has built-in self-interests
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that are difficult to overlook. It's awfully difficult
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for a member of the legislature to look at a fellow
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legislator and say, we're going to reapportion you out
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of office. It's practically an impossible task to ask
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a man to do that. We did it under court pressure, but
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I'm not too impressed with the idea of the legislature
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reapportioning itself.
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DELEGATE MANDEL: What a beautiful way for a
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Governor to create a kind of dynasty, with the Governor
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doing the reapportionment.
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THE CHAIRMAN: Under the model plan, the
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Governor does it through an advisory committee.
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DELEGATE MANDEL: You know, these committees
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sometimes don't impress me, Doctor, because the kind of
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advice you get is sometimes the kind you want, and I just
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