Girtz not running for mayor

Via Tim Bryant, Athens-Clarke County District Nine Commissioner Kelly Girtz isn't running for mayor in 2010 and will instead opt for a second term.

In addition to students Brandon Shinholser and Glenn Stegall, Nancy Denson and Charlie Maddox are officially in the race. Spencer Frye, the executive director of Habitat For Humanity, has been rumored to be mulling over a mayoral bid and, given Girtz's decision to not run, it leaves open the progressive void that someone like Frye could fill.