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unless the constitution grants the broadest powers to the
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counties to have their own charter form of government, the
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people will be subject to the absolute decision of that
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one individual.
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I just wanted to make that point as we discuss
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it because I have been around enough to know there is a
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great deal of feeling on this question.
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THE CHAIRMAN: Dr. Loevy.
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DR. LOEVY: Well, just to give you a little
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background of what led me to write this report was in
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beginning some summer, research for the Committee, I have
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done extensive research mostly oriented toward looking
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toward the present home rule situation in the State of
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Maryland. I felt, one, one point where the Committee had
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failed to have adequate force was on just what the exact
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home rule situation in Maryland is. That is the purpose
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of this report. As you can see, what I discovered was
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there really are three different types of home rule powers
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in the State, soon to be four.
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I came to the conclusion as I was working on
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this, what started me in this direction, of course, was
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