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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.
Arts

Lenny: The Maestro Behind “The Maestro”

The New York expats (composers, lyricists, producers, most with Jewish backgrounds) would play elaborate word games and engage in scavenger hunts with insanely difficult clues. Mary Rodgers describes Bernstein and Sondheim winning at anagrams by turning 10-letter words like harmonicas into maraschino. 
People

A Fond Farewell to Vito’s, a Seattle Icon

Vito's on First Hill was the well-loved stomping ground of attorneys, judges, politicians, labor leaders, sport stars, and priests. The restaurant also housed ghosts from long-ago Seattle.
Politics

No Surprise: Community Activist Woo Fills a City Council Vacancy

Tanya Woo, promptly sworn in following Tuesday’s vote, insisted that, even though she had been picked not from a district but for a city-wide seat, her neighborhood-honed priorities were unchanged.
Books

Heroic Achievement: Jonathan Raban’s Last Best Book

When a rehab doctor had dismissively referred to him as “someone who used to be a writer,” he insisted he still was a writer. Indeed he was. Despite his handicaps, slowly and painfully, he resorted to voice-activated software to complete "Father and Son."
People

Under New Management: New City Council President Sara Nelson’s Agenda

Nelson says she expects the council “to define the specific outcomes expected from service providers and measure their performance regularly.” Her challenge: “We must have the political will to evaluate and change course if necessary.” Sounds like austerity ahead.
Women

Report Card: Progress for Women in 2023

Looking at that area of interest this past year, I’d have to say that 2023 was a case of one step forward and one or two backwards. There were notable gains but worrisome setbacks as well.
Politics

Liz Cheney: Standing Up for the Republic

The rock-ribbed Wyoming conservative has written a compelling first-hand account of the January 6 assault on the U. S. Capitol and the investigation that followed.
Cities

Fort Lawton: A Troubled Housing Project Comes Down to the Wire

There's an adopted plan for more housing at surplus Army land, but it keeps getting delayed -- by the Great Recession, the pandemic, and neighbors' lawsuits.
People

We Women Demand: Pocket Parity

Why can men enjoy up to 24 pockets (number found in some three-piece suits) and women seldom have even one?
blog

The Time I Met Rosalynn Carter

Mrs. Carter was going to Japan on behalf of Habitat for Humanity, the global nonprofit housing organization that works across states and countries. She would be “working as a volunteer, helping to build housing.”
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