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1	record, mainly based upon his budget decisions through the
2	years, such as, what did you do, how well did you do it End
3	how much in tax dollars was required to perform the task.
4	Now, in my opinion, and I've given this a fair
5	amount of thought, I think the Governor should appoint an
6	executive officer as a senior cabinet official, with the
7	Budget Office reporting directly to him. He should exercis
8	the final budget control for the Governor and the department
9	should report to the Governor through him. We are familiar
10	with the concept of City managers and County managers. What
11	I am really advocating is a State manager except with one
12	very important difference. I think the position must be
13	politically sensitive. It must serve at the pleasure of
14	the Governor, for two reasons. First, because the Governor
15	will be held responsible for the record of his administration
16	and that record will largely be determined' by the policies
17	and programs set by the executive officer; and second, I
18	think in order to perform his function, this position has
19	to be close to the Governor and have his complete confidenc
20	and work closely with him. In order to have that confidenc
21	I think it would almost be impossible to have that type