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On the other hand, these people along with the Public
School System also enjoy certain other advantages in the
budgetary process, which I question, where even the
Federal Judiciary, for example, doesn't have the kind of
freedom which is given to the Maryland Judiciary in the
budget process.

Now, I think we've got to think of the budgetary
process in Maryland in terms of the power of the Chief
Executive. I happen to favor a very strong executive
budgetsystem. Listening to John Lauber's remarks, I
probably would go him one better in terms of the strength
of the executive budget. His budgetary authority goes
hand in hand with his administrative authority.

The budget is beyond all doubt the finest
management tool that any public executive has for not only
making his wants known, but controlling the actual manage-
ment of the executive agencies.

How, it has been said, and I have from observa-
tion not only in this, but in many other jobs that we have
done on the State of Maryland, it could probably be said if
it weren't for budget pressures, the Governor of Maryland