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Ahead of election, Athens Democrats appoint Ben Ziff to fill City Council vacancy

The Athens city Democratic Central Committee voted unanimously Wednesday to appoint Donkey Coffee manager Ben Ziff to serve at-large on City Council to fill the vacancy left by Pete Kotses, who resigned in recent weeks. Ziff, who’s never held public office and was the only candidate running in the primary for Kotses’ seat, is expected to occupy office in the coming weeks once paperwork is finalized with the state. He was the sole candidate the committee considered for the job and was viewed by city and party leaders as a favorite in the weeks leading to Wednesday s meeting. “I’m feeling good. I’m honestly rather overwhelmed, sorry,” Ziff said with laughter in an interview following the meeting. “Not that I wasn’t excited or looking forward to it, but it’s hit me in a much more emotional way than I was expecting.”

Damon Krane aims to push Democrats further left with City Council bid

Damon Krane, a longtime area activist and unsuccessful 2019 candidate for Athens mayor, announced last week that he’s running at-large for City Council as an Independent to push city leaders further to the left on issues like housing and racial justice. Krane, a fourth ward resident who’s been mulling a Council bid for months, settled on entering the at-large race after becoming attracted to its multi-candidate dimension. All three at-large seats are up for grabs this election cycle. “I just think a multi-candidate race is more conducive to discussion, which means it’s more conducive to city issues getting raised and discussed more thoroughly,” he said.

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