Athens could have its most competitive election season in years, and it would be thanks to Damon Krane
With all eight City Council seats up for grabs, two without incumbents, this year could bring Athens one of the most competitive election seasons in recent memory. And much of it could end up attributed to the behind-the-scenes organizing of Damon Krane, a longtime area activist and self-proclaimed democratic socialist. In the aftermath of a tense and confrontational election season in 2019 Krane â an Independent who ran an unabashedly pro-tenant, anti-establishment campaign, lost by a wide margin to Democratic Mayor Steve Patterson, followed by failed attempts to reform city policing pr...
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