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by the inflexibility. It has been up to the Legislature,

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I think by and large the Legislature has been responsible

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in this area. So, I would prefer to see the subdivisions

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still have to obtain authority for financial matters, such

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as levying of taxes, certain types of taxes, from the

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State Legislature.

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I think it is bad to try to get this into a

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constitution. It provides inflexibility which we do not

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want. I think, on the other hand, subdivisions should

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have the right to issue their own bonds and not have to

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troop down to the Legislature to get authority every year;

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but, again, the Legislature may retain the authority to

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step in the counties and cities that went amuck and this

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is perhaps what they have under municipal home rule, in

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one of the proposals in the code for home rule.

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The last question; I don't know. Any time you

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have to treat all units of government, you have 'trouble

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getting "ripper" bills through the Legislature. Just

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generally, they are introduced on the instance of one or

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two members of the Legislature and they can be offset by

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other processes. If you are interested in this, I might