I was in RARE form.
The part about my parents raising me to be color blind is rich. Riley and I worked on that line all night.
Pay no attention to this article from 2002 which seems to refute my statement about being color blind.
Mayor's race takes a nasty turn
Wednesday, September 25, 2002
By Staff
Bob Ingram, Alabama Scene
MONTGOMERY–It looked like the troubling times of the 1960s were being re-visited last week in a heated race for mayor of the city of Gadsden.
Incumbent Mayor Steve Means, opposed by City Councilman Robert Avery, who is black, warned in a full page ad that Avery's election could result in Gadsden becoming "another Birmingham."
Avery called it the most racist ad he had seen in years. It was hard to argue with his assessment.
The ad said in part: "We can't afford a future where our homes lose value, our schools suffer, crime increases and businesses and residents pack up and leave. That's what happened in Birmingham and we can't let it happen in Gadsden."
Means, who won reelection by re-election by a 59 percent-41 percent margin, insisted the ad was not racist. but only a warning of what could happen if a "radical coalition" took control of the city.
Racially Motivated?
I realize that the phrase "turning Gadsden into another Birmingham," and the word "radical" all seems to be racial....Not true.
You can trust me.
Just don't ask anyone from East Gadsden or the Central-Carver/Tuscaloosa Avenue area to do the same....
FSM
