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So I decided that the best way to obviate the
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problem of this distinction and at the same time provide
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both local autonomy in the first instance and preserve
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flexibility with respect to the overriding power of the
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Legislature, I decided the best way to do that would be
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this theory of having the constitution say that any munici-
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pality which adopted a home rule charter would have all
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the powers of government that the Legislature could give
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it subject to whatever restrictions might be placed in
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the charter or might be laid down by general statute, by
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general law.
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That was the thing written into the A.M. A.
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model, writter. into the National Municipal League thing,
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written into the proposal that goes to voters of Massa-
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diusetts this fall, written into the constitution of Alaska.
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MR. MILES: Is this a copy of the Massachusetts
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thing?
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DEAN FORDHAH: Yes, in the back of this. This,
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of course, is optional. The home rule powers under this
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theory don't attach until the full processes of charter
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making has been gone through under A.M. A. proposal. So,
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