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Constitutional Convention Commission (Committee Hearings, Testimony)
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MR. BOND: Governor Tawes, what we have been

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talking about on this line in the subcommittee is that

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the Governor should have control of the State Government.

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He shouldn't have a board controlling the department and

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have to wait six years in order to get control of the

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board in order to have his ideas implemented within the

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department. I think we agree on that.

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There is also some discussion that various

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boards connected with the departments should become ad-

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visory and the directors become members of the Governor's

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cabinet, so to speak, so that the Governor would have a

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cabinet-type of administration with advisory boards.

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What has been of concern to some of us is in

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the event of a change of administration an incoming governor

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would then have the power to sweep out all the top heads of

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his departments, and this is of some concern, and I just

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wonder if you have any comments on this?

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GOVERNOR TAWES: I can't conceive of a new

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governor coming in and sweeping out all the department

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heads, and when I came into office, I evaluated the depart-

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ment heads, and I think we have practically every deport-



 

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