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telling everybody, see Jim Rennie, he's the Budget Director
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and I had to stop him. I went to Governor McKeldin and I
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told him, Governor, the situation is different here, than
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it is in Baltimore. You are the Executive Budget Head
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of this State and, I said, I don't want this situation
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created as it has been in Baltimore City under Herb Fallen,
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that Herb Fallon is the supreme budget authority in the Cit
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which he was not, but, I said, I certainly don't want that
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kind of image built around me in the State, and McKeldin,
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he saw the wisdom of this, too, and he stopped it, and I
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have never kept anyone away from the Governor and I have
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had this understanding with governors. If they are dis-
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satisfied with my decision, my department's decisions, if
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they want to go see the Governor over my head, they are
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always free to do it.
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MR. BOND: Can they do it?
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MR. RENNIE: I've told them all during the years
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that --
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THE CHAIRMAN: Bearing in mind that this has
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nothing to do with you: running the office, because I join
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with everyone else in saying you've done a tremendous job,
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