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revenue; and I would say other than the so-called ton-mile
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tax, which the Commission also recommended -- and who is
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our friend, the truck lobbyist on the Eastern Shore —
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Marshall Stewart, put the kibosh on that. It never even
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got a hearing.
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This one proposal stirred up more antagonism
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and trouble than anything else that the Commission recom-
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mended and, in the broad base, the reason for it is that
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the people who are affected say they would rather be taxed
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by the State, where they've got one legislative body to
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work with, than by twenty-four legislative bodies, which
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would be the case if you left it to the local people, which
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is a great idea. 1 want you to know 1 applaud vigorously
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your thought, but 1 tell you right now, to get that adopted
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in any way might be rough.
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MR. HOFF: It might be easier to get it in
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through the Constitution than through the legislature.
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THE CHAIRMAN: It might be, Stan.
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MR. BOND: I'm concerned with the words primarily
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local. That bothers me, to put that in the Constitution.
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THE CHAIRMAN: It's a tremendously tough thing to
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