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THE CHAIRMAN: The difficulty there is that
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Baltimore City's Experience has been one of getting its
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express powers only after great effort. There have been
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many, many times where delay has caused a great deal of
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change in the immediate circumstance which has worked ad-
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versely.
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That is, there have been all kinds of changes
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in values of land, changes in immediate circumstance,
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which by taking the other approach and giving the broad
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grant and only having the Legislature take it away, you
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give to the local home rule government a means of going
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ahead and acting imnediately and directly to accomplish
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a purpose where there is need for action.
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That delay factor, it seems to me, is one of the
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arguments against giving the power to the Legislature to
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grant to the home rule unit. That can be a very real
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delay and hardship or may even be a matter going so far as
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to defeat the very purpose by the time the Legislature
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gets around to acting.
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MR. MELVIN: I wasn't aware they had any great
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difficulties along these lines.
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