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Jean Godden

Jean Godden wrote columns first for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and late for the Seattle Times. In 2002, she quit to run for City Council where she served for 12 years. Since then she published a book of city stories titled “Citizen Jean.” She is now co-host of The Bridge aired on community station KMGP at 101.1 FM. You can email tips and comments to Jean at jgodden@blarg.net.
2022 Midterm Election Roundtable

What Mattered Most: Youth Vote and Abortion

Already I am hearing from friends that they are sleeping more peacefully, able to believe in a reasoned future.
Books

The “Wicked Problem”: An Accounting of Seattle’s Long Battle with Homelessness

Written from her perspective of 30 years working with homeless youth and adults, Ensign unearths long overlooked stories of lives, history, and law touching homelessness.
Politics

Do Seattle’s Popular Democracy Vouchers Have a Fatal Flaw?

Andrew Grant Houston’s long-shot campaign collected $342,058, and paid Prism West $149,526 for its voucher-harvesting services. Strangely that didn’t translate into many votes.
Books

The Trump Mythos: Maggie Haberman Explores the “Con”

Maggie Haberman blames the social, cultural, political, and moral breakdown that overtook New York in the 1970s and that allowed the Trump virus to grow.
blog

Bouy-oh-Boy?

I still like my idea that sports mascots could be any gender.
blog

How Bellingham Became a Three-Newsroom Town

Having a vigorous rival often brings out the best in news coverage.
Books

Lis Smith: My Political Love Story

“You can have a good year – a great candidate, a winning campaign, accolades for being a strategic genius and feel like you’re on top of the world. Then you turn around and get completely shellacked and you question why you’re even in the business."
blog

When Queen Elizabeth came to Seattle

The sighting was something special for Seattle, which in the 1980s was seldom a must-stop destination for dignitaries.
Books

Have Turd, Will Polish: Mark Leibovich’s New Book Examines the Trump Sycophants

Leibovich starts with the view from the Trump International Hotel, “the flagship payola palace” that operated a few blocks from the White House. 
Cities

What Could Have Been: Grand Civic Space Languishes as Pit to Nowhere

It does seem that after an angst-ridden 17-year saga, it is time to talk about rethinking the original dream. The hole in the city’s heart has yawned unoccupied under six mayors.
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