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DR. LOEVY: That is really two classifications.

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I was just wondering if Dean Fordham thought if we stayed

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with this idea of the status quo, just having those two

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classifications would provide enough latitude for the

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Legislature,

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MR. MILES: How do we give all counties this

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broad grant of power?

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DR. LOEVY: This was one of Dean Fordham 's

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suggestions.

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MR. MILES: I think they should, but how?

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DR. LOEVY: The Legislature could pass an express

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powers act.

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DEAN FORDHAM: You could do it in Ohio fashion,

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which applies to cities and villages. Give substantive

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powers directly by constitution and leave the matter of

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adopting home rule charter to local option.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Wouldn't the answer to Mr. Miles'

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question be they can adopt a form of charter or code for

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themselves under one or the other of the two classifications

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or, failing to do so, the Legislature would then require

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them to take, and it will have to provide either the charter



 

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