Harold Volkmer: “at first when I heard that everybody was in harmony about this amendment and everything, I was not paying much…”

“at first when I heard that everybody was in harmony about this amendment and everything, I was not paying much attention, but as I listened and listened I got more concerned about it all along. That concerns me, to where I know not every city and county government get along; that not every city within a county and that county government get along. It is not like everybody is really happy with what is going on. As a result of this, Mr. Chairman, what I am afraid may happen is that we are going to find local jurisdictions fighting with each other as to how much money they are going to get out of the total application. To be honest with the Members, I will tell the gentleman, the chairman of the committee, I really do not care about this amendment, and I do not care about the bill, anyway. But I am afraid if it did become law that it is really going to bring strife out there more than anything else. I have serious concerns, also. I would just say this, Mr. Chairman. What we are doing here is putting the political subdivision that has a large area, a large population and small eligibility into the driver's seat in terms of an accord being worked out at the peril of municipality not receiving anything. That, I think, would be a position we would not want to write into the bill, because it would put every city, particularly every major city, at a horrendous disadvantage.”