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By JIM POPE Arundel Newspaper* Staff Writer
Long time observers of the General Assembly say that this is a slow session. They measure the pace of the legislative process by the number of controversial issues that are brought up.
So, the 1978 session is slow, or at least reasonably slow.
These same sages list the controversial issues as follows: ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, parimutuel betting and the state budget.
Those are the issues that many feel will take up the legislators’ time. Certainly,
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