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STATE OF' NORTH CAROLINA <br /> OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR <br /> RALEIGH 27611 <br /> JAMES 13.HUNT.JR. June 1, 1978 <br /> GOVERNOR <br /> Dear Fr end: <br /> I want to invite you to a very special meeting to be held in your area <br /> soon. i3ne of the Governor's Conferences on Crime Control Will be <br /> held in Hillsborough at the Courtroom, Court-house, 106 E. Margaret <br /> Lane at 2:00 F.M. on August 29, 1978. <br /> We are holding 37 of 'these -Conferences throughout the state, at least <br /> one in ach judicial district, in order to receive suggestions from the <br /> people of North Carolina in the area of crime control. Primarily, we <br /> are seeking ideas and suggestions for a legislative package to be pre- <br /> sented I y me to the 1979 General Assembly. We do not want to lose <br /> the momentum in crime control legislation started by the 1977 session <br /> in this very critical area of our lives, and I believe that the best way <br /> to develop appropriate legislative proposals is to go directly to the <br /> People and listen to them. While we will give widespread publicity to <br /> this meeting with the hope that many citizens will appear and offer their <br /> thoughts, Your Position of leadership is such that we particularly <br /> Wanted to extend this personal invitation. <br /> I have designated judge J. Phil Carlton, Secretary of the Department <br /> of Crime Control and Public Safety to serve as my personal represent- <br /> ative at 'these meetings and to preside over them. Neither he nor his <br /> staff will be there to make speeches or talk extensively about what has <br /> taken place in the past. They will be there to listen and to record <br /> Your thoughts and suggestions. They will bring them back to Raleigh, <br /> and we dill put them together in what we hope will be a significant and <br /> far reaching set of proposals for the 1979 General Assembly. <br /> In the event you cannot attend the meeting scheduled for your judicial <br /> district, am enclosing a schedule for all 37 meetings with the hope <br /> that you would be able to attend at least one of them. <br /> I hope you know how committed I am to preventing and fighting crime <br /> in North Carolina. I hope that you will join me as we consider what <br /> steps we 6ught to take in the future. <br /> My warme I t personal regards, <br /> Sincere <br />