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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.
Politics

Tips from a Campaign-Tested Woman Candidate: Running as Kamala

Likeability has been a handicap for women, often eliminated by the query: “Who’d you rather have a beer with?” Exhibit camaraderie when possible -- your running mate Tim Walz is a prime example: Who you gonna split a Runza with?
blog

What’s Behind Trump’s Toxic Misogyny?

Intertwined with Trump’s hatred is his whining over unfairness: the sense that he’s the aggrieved party, mistreated by women.
Politics

Masterclass: Nancy Pelosi on Power

Speaker Pelosi had success by following two key values: respect for all House members, and sharing credit.
Politics

Reading the Code: What JD Vance’s Attack on Childless Women Means

In one fell swoop, he managed to alienate one-sixth of the voters. It apparently was his clumsy attempt to paint the GOP as the pro-family party and smear Democrats as anti-family, anti-child radicals.
People

“Campaigning as Fun”: Charley Royer’s Transformative Time as Mayor

But if “campaigning as fun” was one of Royer’s strengths, governing initially came off as less than fun, fraught with errors and false starts.
Business

The Big Panic: Restaurants Face Reality of New Minimum Wage Rules

Although it has been ten years coming, time now is up for small businesses (less than 500 workers) to comply.
Books

Read More: The Book on Kamala Harris

On an August, 2020 day, Joe Biden, who was the Democratic Party’s choice for president, called Sen. Kamala Harris and asked, “Are you ready to go to work?” Biden...
blog

The Man Who Tried to Kill FDR and What Happened Next

My strange friendship with the Czech political dynasty in Chicago, and how a missed assassination attempt led to multiple tragedies.
Cities

Seattle Public Library Under Attack

The extortionist attack struck the Seattle Public Library on Memorial Day weekend, affecting its on-line systems, threatening data leaks and demanding an exorbitant sum of money.  
Politics

The Five Keys to Winning a Debate

“Don’t speak to your opponent but to the audience. First impressions matter, the candidates’ early statements are the ones that stick with viewers. Style towers over substance.”
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