Qualifying

for the upcoming municipal election in Peachtree City ended Friday afternoon

with four candidates seeking the mayor's seat and another six candidates

for the two council seats up for grabs in the election.

Qualifying

for mayor as expected was local resident Steve Brown; however, previously

announced candidate Fred Wellman has declined to run, citing a committment

to serve in the Army Reserves in light of the recent terrorist attacks

in New York and Washington D.C.

Brown won't

lack competition, though, as three others qualified to run against him:

former state legislator Dan Lakly, former director of city emergency services

Frank Murphy and Delta pilot Gary Rower.

Both incumbent

council members Carol Fritz and Steve Rapson qualified to seek election

to their posts. Fritz, who is finishing her first full term on council

will face the most opposition with three candidates qualified against

her: Alison Chambers, Gerald Ostrowski and Murray J. Weed.

Only one person

qualified to face Rapson: former city clerk Nancy Faulkner.