People vote color, right? Not necessarily. Macon's Mayor Ellis says: "What you do is don't play race politics," -- Who said that? Mayor Ellis????

An article in the 8-30-04 edition of The Macon Telegraph by Travis Fain and Don Schanche Jr. is entitled "Georgia slowly becoming less likely to vote by race." Someone elseother than Merrs. Fain and Schanche must have written the headline.

The article quotes my friend Laughlin McDonald of the American Civil Liberties Union who has spent his career fighting to ensure full political participation for black voters throughout the South. He said he would like to believe things are changing, but he is skeptical.

"I would like to think voters are voting in a less polarized way, but that's not always the case," Mr. McDonald says.

We all recognize that race remains a significant factor in political races, but I do not think you can find the proof in the puddin from state races inGeorgia this year and some of the races discussed in this article.