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Council member Kautz enters race for Snellville mayor

By Joel Anderson
Aug 31, 2011

Snellville council member Kelly Kautz resigned from her seat Wednesday to launch a mayoral campaign.

Kautz, who took  office in 2007, was forced to step down from the council as part of a city law requiring members to resign when seeking another office.

By qualifying for the mayoral race, Kautz will set up a fall campaign against her former city council colleague and occasional foil Barbara Bender. Kautz said that she expected the race to be a contentious one.

"I don't plan to attack Barbara personally," Kautz said. "Unfortunately, I don't think the same is true."

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