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B. B OLIVE <br /> PATENT ATTOPNEY <br /> 500 HF FOR:a--SrRFEr <br /> �C)5T OFFire Box 20,39 <br /> DuRHAM,N6R-rH CAROLTNA 2T70w <br /> P.ir ENY,7R4C1EMaRn,COPY IC>aY Pg4GTeCc <br /> TELEPHONE `919)b8Z-d0;!5 <br /> October 27, 1977 688-a734 <br /> Honorable Jalles B. Hunt <br /> Governor, St to of North Carolina <br /> Raleigh, Nor .h Carolina <br /> Re: 1-40 Routing <br /> Dear Governs Hunt: <br /> The people and Officials of Orange County for I have been <br /> whom speaking. want to know whether you will or will not honor your <br /> promises for open government, enforce the law, and require the <br /> Board of Transportation to hear the Officials and citizens of <br /> Orange County concerning I-40 routing in Orange County. <br /> I again point out fo you that it i.s the Board, and not the highway <br /> engineers, wh'Leh has exclusive power under the North Carobana <br /> General Statutes to decide highway routin 's . <br /> 18, 44.1., 45 qn.d 47 and annotated cases thereunder.N.G.G.S. -136--17.2, <br /> Your attention to the fact that the Board' s own Publi.shedlregu.la- <br /> tions require the Board to keep minutes of its meetings . <br /> regu- <br /> lations do no mention and, in my opini.o-d clearly do not allow <br /> condone the keeping of a brief, composed "summar " <br /> .dealing with he handling of $84,000, 000 of public funds.meeting <br /> now stand, we in Orange County see yoi..; office as knowingly mot.ing a zmi„xe "Rosen' Wood" - "Korean" t g y Pro- <br /> North Carolina in connection with the localy1-40cissue. h We there- <br /> fore expect: a d respectfully demand action on <br /> this scandal.. o one, including the Governor, is above part. <br /> law. <br /> On the evening of September 8, 1,977, it is now known that a -High <br /> Point citizens organization entertained the Board of Transportation <br /> at a non--calle , unpublicized meeting. <br /> 1977, the Boar of On MettatOa called, pub of September 9, <br /> ing. At the beginning of this meeting and for a substantial part <br /> the time al, for this meeting, various High Point citizens <br /> were given Linr stricted time and freedom to speak to the Board in <br /> session concerning Guilford County roads. <br /> As the last it m on the agenda for the September 9 meeting and before <br /> leaving for another free meal (lunch) <br /> provided <br /> the Board hastily cancelled one agenda it mandbtookgupPthet1-40izens, <br /> item, of intere t to Orange County Officials and citizens. At this <br /> Point, two Nor Carolina Department of Transportation employees, <br />