Young vs. McIntyre: Augusta mayor's race a replay of four years ago

AUGUSTA - Augusta was voting Tuesday in a tight runoff race between their current and former mayors. <br> <br> This is the second time Mayor Bob Young and Ed McIntyre had met in runoffs. <br> <br> Four years ago, Young defeated McIntyre with 55 percent of the vote. <br> <br> The 70-year-old McIntyre was Augusta&#39;s mayor from 1982 to 1984. <br> <br> He blamed Young for inadequate leadership. <br> <br> The 55-year-old Young described McIntyre as an out-of-touch politician with outdated ideas. <br> <br> Officials say turnout could exceed the 60 percent of people who voted in the Nov. 5 elections. <br> <br> A sidelight to the mayor&#39;s race is the controversy over whether Augusta National Golf Club should accept women members. <br> <br> Young says he supports the club&#39;s right to select its membership, but he doesn&#39;t want to inflame the situation. <br> <br> McIntyre says he would use the mayor&#39;s office to encourage female membership at the club. <br> <br> McIntyre was Augusta&#39;s first black mayor. He resigned after a federal jury convicted him on three counts of extortion in 1984. He served 12 months in federal prison. <br> <br> Young is a former news anchorman for WJBF-TV who is serving his first term as mayor.