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MR. DONAHO: Yes.
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MR. BOND: In the Executive Department?
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MR. DOHAHO: In the Executive Department.
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THE CHAIRMAN: As he views it, there are many
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officials in the Executive Department that whittle away
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at the Governor's powers.
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MR. DOHAHO: That's right. I say this because
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in the process of big government, and Maryland has arrived
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at the State of big government and we're getting bigger
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by the moment, and the public sector in our economy is not
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going to shrink, it is going to continue to grow and maybe
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at an alarming rate, and the only instrument we have, the
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one opportunity we have, unfortunately, and fortunately we
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have it annually, is to review the entire program of what
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the government is going to do, what it's going to cost,
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how much are they going to do, how the work of one agency
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relates to another. This is at the time that the annual
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budget is being formulated and subsequently presented to the
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legislature and enacted by the legislature.
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This is our one and only opportunity to make
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a review of the things that the government not only has the
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