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The Carolina Review: Hunt-Lake Debate Stirs Controversy
ENTERTAINMENT. . Last
week's gubernatorial debate
was not expected to make any
appreciable difference in this
year's campaign between
Democrat Jim Hunt and
Republican 1. Beverly Lake. In
fact, past debates in North
Carolina, including one between
Hunt and his primary opponent
Rob Scott back in the Spring,
have been less than en
tertaining and somewhat
boring.
But thanks to Bev Lake and
Ms Congressional Club backers,
North Carolina voters who
bothered to tune in to last
Monday night’s televised
debate were treated to some
real entertainment. For the
nostalgic few who were looking
for some old-fashioned, bare
handed political insult, it was a
trip back to yesteryear.
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proposed format, paid only
perfunctory attention to the
questions of the media panel
gathered for the occasion. From
the opening bell, Lake was on
the attack and addressed
himself directly to Hunt with
questions of his own-questions
designed to force the governor
into explaining his ties to labor
leader Wilbur Hobby, economic
policies of Jimmy Carter and
Ted Kennedy, bureaucracy, and
to the Panama Canal
giveaway.”
The first controversy took
place only moments after Lake
began his opening remarks
when Hunt openly protested
Uikc's use of visual aids” as
part of his presentation. The
first visual was a large poster
showing headshots (linked by
arrows) of Gov. Hunt, his
Natural Resources and Com
munity Development Secretary
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, September 18, 1980
Howard Lee, one of Lee’s
assistants involved in the in
famous CETA mess Eva
Clayton, and labor leader
Wilbur Hobby.
After substantial pressure
from panel moderator Wallace
Ausley (an executive with
WPTFfn Kaleigh-Durham) and
Hunt, I,ake finally desisted
under protest from using the
posters.
So while the debate was
surprisingly entertaining, no
one has accused it of being
overly informative.
According to prior guidelines
set up weeks in advance, the
two candidates were to meet at
Meredith College in Raleigh and
submit to questions from a
panel of reporters-none of
whom regularly cover state
politics. Through a complicated
system of opponent replies and
follow-ups, the meeting was
established as the one debate
that Gov. Hunt planned to ac
cept in the Fall campaign.
On paper, the system seemed
safe enough.
Still, the Hunt people were
somewhat apprehensive
preparing for the debate. We
spent the whole week knowing
they (the Congressional Club)
would try to pull something,”
said Hunt deputy press
spokesman Brent Hackney,
bul we thought it might be
some surprise piece of in
formafion or something.”
Hunt's spokeswoman dt
campaign headquarters,
Stephanie Bass, seconded
Hackney’s misgivings. Yes,
we figured they might try
anything. Os course, I knew
they would throw CETA at us,"
he said.
Indeed, CETA did seem to be
the only substantive issue
discussed (mostly by Lake)
during the debate.
To his credit, Hunt tried
desperately to answer questions
placed by the panelists, but
such questions paled con
siderably after J dike's theatrics.
For example, one reporter's
question dealt with juvenile
crime.
I«ike almost totally ignored
the question, choosing instead
to accuse Hunt of some im
propriety.
After digging Lake for not
answering the question, Hunt
tried. But may have been
on the right track.
Hunt’s North Carolina
Juvenile Code” program, a
promising and innovative plan
which has been initiated and
legislated over the past three
years, consists of 106
typewritten pages of legislation,
not counting an additional 23
revisions from the past
legislative session.
Obviously, it was virtually
impossible for Hunt to ef
fectively demonstrate in 75
seconds what he has done and
proposes to do in juvenile
crime.
So who did perform best?
Hunt appeared statesmanlike
(for the most part) and in
lormed, but was put “a little
off-balance by Lake’s attack,”
according to one Hunt cam
paign source admitted that
Hunt “looked like the bad guy”
when he insisted that Lake
remove the posters.
That was the moderator’s
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Final plans are being
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Sale to be held at Hobbs ville
Community Center in
Hobbsville, October 18. This
will be the first sale of its
kind to be held there.
A spokesman reported it
is being organized to
provide area craftspersons
an opportunity to display
and sell their handiwork.
Any craftsperson in
terested in participating in
this sale should contact
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for details. Registration
deadline is October 1.
" 'Tit not a lip, or eye, we
beauty call, but the joint
force and full result of all."
Alexander Pope
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lault--he really blew it,” said
the source.
Yet sophisticated analysts
who observed the debates gave
Hunt the better of the match.
To be sure. Lake was not
statesmanlike and certainly
didn't come to the debate armed
with concrete proposals for
better government.
Sen. Lake came to raise
questions in the minds of the
rank and file voter about Hunt’s
involvement with Wilbur
Hobby, CETA funds misap
propriations, and his ties to
liberal national policies.
Regardless of your opinion
about him <l,ake>, he did plant
those questions in the minds of
the viewers,” said one
Republican worker.
Because of his success at
planting those questions, more
than just a lew observers are
willing to give Lake the edge in
the debate.
Lake had little to lose in
meeting Hunt,” said a Lake
supporter, “why shouldn't it be
argued that any negative im
pact on the Hunt image in
dicates a Lake victory ”
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Slated October 15
Small Business Forum, GreenvMe
Do you own a small
business? Are you con
cerned with state
regulations and legislation
that affects your business?
Would you like to have an
opportunity to speak out on
these issues and be counted
by state representatives?
Small business
representatives will have an
opportunity to speak out at a
Small Business Forum to be
held in Greenville on
Wednesday, October 15. The
Governor’s Small Business
Advocacy Council will
conduct forums at 2 P.M.
and 7 P.M. at the Regional
Development Institute-
Willis Building, First and
Reade Streets, Greenville.
Any small business
representative in the First
Congressional District is
eligible to attend.
Greensboro small
businessman A1 Lineberry,
Jr., who is chairman of the
council, will be present
along with staff members of
the N. C. Department of
Commerce to receive
comments from small
business owners. They are
asked to speak on the effect
of state regulations,
policies, and legislative
issues on their businesses.
Lineberry said the Council
is also looking for
suggestions on improving
the state’s relationship with
small business.
Gov. Jim Hunt has
required the Small Business
Advocacy Council to make a
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and 20 to learn ways of
improving their supervisory
and management skills.
Featured speaker for the
two-day workshop is An
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North Carolina and Virginia
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The workshop will help
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