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Analysis: Talking local politics over coffee

When my wife, the editor of the Athens Messenger, and I were having coffee the other morning at Donkey, the Athens mayoral race came up because of a recent press ....

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Analysis: Talking local politics over coffee

When my wife, the editor of the Athens Messenger, and I were having coffee the other morning at Donkey, the Athens mayoral race came up because of a recent press ....

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Source of income discrimination ban only the first step to safe and affordable housing for all

To the editor,
Athens City Council recently banned source of income discrimination (SOID), making it illegal for city landlords to discriminate against tenants who pay rent with public assistance, such as Housing Choice Vouchers (HCVs) from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Rental ads declaring No HUD or No Section 8 and similar statements by landlords, long common in Athens, now constitute a criminal offense.
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This is great news! According to HUD data and the Scholars Strategy Network, discrimination against voucher recipients is something thatâs been making life even more difficult for our most vulnerable neighbors. Local voucher recipients experience extreme poverty, with an average household income of $10,421 per year. Women, people with disabilities and people of color all use vouchers to pay rent at disproportionate rates. In Ohio, 80% of people receiving rental assistance are women. In Athens County, 82% of people living in h ....

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Where have all the leftist candidates gone?

In January this newspaper reported, âAthens could have its most competitive election season in years, and it would be thanks to Damon Krane.â Thatâs now unlikely, so an explanation and final appeal are in order.
First off, I wasnât bluffing. With all eight seats on Athens City Council up for grabs, I encouraged nearly 100 people to run. Seven people expressed serious to moderate interest, and we spent hours talking logistics.
This was a different approach than I took in 2019, when I simply launched my own campaign for mayor. I ended up working closely with council candidates Ellie Hamrick and Chris Monday, but we had not conferred before deciding to run, since we barely knew each other back then. ....

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