The old Jim Hunt crowd gathered in Raleigh on Friday for the groundbreaking of the library that will bear the former governor's name and for lunch at the Park Alumni Center at N.C. State University, Rob Christensen reports.
The crowd included a who's who from Hunt's 16 years as governor, including Jim Phillips, former chairman of the UNC Board of Governors; former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Burley Mitchell; Norris Tolson, a transportation secretary under Hunt; former Ambassador Jeanette Hyde; Hunt's former spokeman and strategist Gary Pearce; former Human Resources secretary Lucy Bode; former Cultural Resources secretary Betty McCain; former aide Ed Turlington, and former state Democratic chairwoman Barbara Allen.
Just to name a few.
And what would a gathering of politicians be without a little fund raising?
At the lunch, Hunt announced a $20 million fund raising campaign to help cover some of the costs of the library that will also serve as headquarters for the Institute for Emerging Issues, the think tank Hunt created.
"This is a marvelous opportunity," Hunt said. "It really is."




Re: The Hunt club
the HUNT club is about to be embarrassed beyond belief! SHOCKED to the MAX when the VILE Jim Hunt is indicted! NC State university should be EMBARRASSED to revere this corrupt loiwyer.
Charles Malone is OBVIOUSLY a feeder at the trough of democrackkk delusion.
STRIVE to be SMARTER than EVIL CORRUPT NC democrackkks WANT you to be!