Attractive and well-spoken, she recently spoke to a group of Easton Democrats. (VIDEO HERE). Hunter, like fellow candidate Christen Borso, is a graduate of Northampton County's inaugural Citizens' Academy. She also served on the Gaming Authority and is a Bethlehem Human Relations Commissioner.
Part of her training with the Citizens' Academy included a visit to Gracedale, the County's nursing home. "That institution is everything that I was led by my grandmother to believe that it was," she stated. "The voters spoke, very clearly, two years ago as to what priorities they have, and Gracedale is certainly one of them."
She also spoke in support of the county's open space program, which she believes is going in the right direction.
With respect to a centralized human services building, she attended meetings and actually listened to two County employees, who described deplorable conditions at the Wolf building. Though bothered that a major anchor is leaving Easton, she supports the concept. She cautions that it needs to be designed so that the workers in it can use "best practices" with the citizens they serve.
Hunter also described a visit to the Donnelly Family Center, a regional effort with Lehigh County. Thsi center cares for children born into drug addiction. "We only have eight kids there," she pointed out. "Lehigh County has thirty-two. I want to know why we don't have more of a commitment to our infants."
She has also toured the prison. "We'll be sticking a lot more money into that end if we don't take care of our kids at the front end," she observes.
It is very clear that Hunter has spent a great deal of time familiarizing herself with County issues. I am also impressed with the fiscal argument for taking care of our most precious asset - our children. It's the same argument she made in 2009.
I thought Hunter deserved a seat then. Over the last four years, she's become even better.
