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<br />HB_1561 continued_page 3 <br />Chairman: "Representative Hershberger." <br />Hershberger: "Representative McCroskey, why do we need this bill?" <br />Speaker: "Representative McCroskey." <br />McCroskey: "Uh, I think it.. I think it will help coordinate and pull <br />together the activities of..of..the national government, the <br />national registry, and what the cities and localities are <br />doing on it. I think...I think it, you know, in a general <br />philosophical sense, I think it's quite important that the <br />state move along these lines in order to preserve our history. <br />I...I think it's important, at anytime, but I think it's <br />particularly important at a time when we are about to <br />celebrate our centennial, and when the nation is going to <br />celebrate its bi-centennial. The people I talked to, <br />uh, uh, at the historical society felt that it would be <br />helpful. And, uh..so surprisingly enough, did people <br />such as the highway department." <br />Speaker: "Representative Hershberger." <br />Hershberger: "The National Historical Society has so much pressure <br />and power now that some of us that know the local government <br />are being absolutely trodden on. For instance, in the <br />city of Colorado Springs, in our urban renewal area, <br />we have been able to practically destroy all the old <br />buildings on four blocks. The Tast building left is <br />an old jail and the jail was torn down..to be torn down <br />before the first of July...and a new county office building <br />was going to be built on that block...and this was to fit <br />in well with the judicial building and the new jail <br />that we have now. <br />