Rather than disputing or disagreeing

with the "facts" that Mr. Lynch stated in his article, Mr. Foster

(within his first four words) has chosen to take the easy way out and

automatically labeled Mr. Lynch as a "racist."

I think a more realistic description

of Mr. Lynch would be a "realist." As someone who professes

to be a teacher, I'm surprised that Mr. Foster would succumb to this

knee-jerk reaction.

Having moved from Clayton County

to Fayette County three years ago, I guess I fall under Mr. Foster's

description of one of them "racist white flighters."

Am I a racist? Well, I don't

know. According to Mr. Foster, I am. Mr. Foster states, "As long

as the school board was all white, the superintendent white, the county

commissioners all white, the water authority all white, the police department,

the fire department all white, the racists in this county had no reason

to leave."

Mr. Foster did not say how

long he has lived in Clayton County. For myself, I have lived and worked

in Clayton County for over 25 years, and I know for a fact that all of

these agencies were not all white! It seems again, that Mr. Foster has

chosen to disregard the facts.

For myself, my reasons for

leaving Clayton County were simply a matter of economics. Due to years

of poor political leadership, a continually watered down zoning ordinance,

and disregard for the master plan, I found living standards declining

rapidly, along with the value of my main investment, that being my home.

My choices were simple. I could

stay, and continue to lose more money on my home, or I could get out with

what I could. I chose the latter. If that makes me a racist, then so be

it.

Mr. Foster should use a little

more caution before labeling someone as a racist (a word he uses quite

freely.) I would remind him that not all whites are racists and not all

racists are white.

Richard O. Braun

Fayetteville, Ga.