The Huntsville Times said this of Guy Hunt. “Former Gov. Guy Hunt was remembered Friday as a man who understood the importance of Madison County to the rest of the state and once joked that every trip he made to Huntsville cost him $1 million for public projects.” Hunt, whose “fluke” election as a Republican governor in 1986 was viewed as helping turn Alabama into a two-party state, died Friday afternoon. He was 75. But Hunt didn’t only travel north in the state. From time to time, it was to the Opelika area. And why am I not surprised to see who’s at his right hand. Our buddy Redman!
From the Archives — originally published on the Opelika Daily News on February 1, 2009. View the original page.
