Most City Council members oppose putting arena on ballot
The idea of a public vote on the proposal to build a $490 million sports arena in Sodo was floated this week, but a majority of Seattle City Council members say the decision is theirs to make. Council...
View ArticleSeattle City Council approves plan to protect local waters from sewage...
Ballard News Tribune June 21, 2012 On Monday, June 18, the Seattle City Council unanimously approved a first-of-its-kind agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Ecology...
View ArticleChris Hansen’s Sodo arena plan: Seattle Storm should be more than an...
Originally published July 15, 2012, in the Seattle Times, AMID all the hoopla over a potential new arena, there has been one forgotten player. No one, it seems, is talking seriously about what the...
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Seawall meets its nemesis, the gribble
Originally published July 20, 2012, on Crosscut.com There’s a piece of wood on desks down at City Hall. The chunk, with its dozens of air pockets and traverse cavities, resembles a rotting wedge of...
View ArticlePaying Tribute to Kathi Goertzen
On September 10th, it was my great honor to present Kathi Goertzen’s family with a proclamation honoring her enormous contribution to our region. She video of the presentation here.
View ArticleSewer hike may be 22% if county rate increase added
This article first appeared in the Seattle Times September 19, 2012 A Seattle City Council committee Tuesday will discuss a rate hike for garbage, sewage and stormwater service that would increase...
View ArticleWith rate hikes coming, what City Hall must do
This article first appeared in the Puget Sound Business Journal: Rates for Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) are headed up. That is not popular news in difficult economic times. But it is honest news....
View ArticleTear Down The Tarp Event
Click here to watch a KIRO7 clip of Jean celebrating the expansion of ROOTS Young Adult Shelter.
View ArticleAppeals court: City’s yellow pages law unconstitutional
This article originally appeared in the Seattle Times on October 16, 2012: The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against Seattle’s crack-down on yellow pages directories. The phone books are...
View ArticleQuestions over whether 4 buried reservoirs can withstand quake
This article first appeared in the Seattle Times on November 16, 2012. Four years after discovering leaks in what were supposed to be waterproof reservoir covers, the city is investigating whether four...
View ArticleSouth Park faces long sewer project after bridge construction
Originally published Sunday, December 9, 2012 in the Seattle Times When the downpours come, Catherine Grisez knows her South Park studio is about to flood because bugs suddenly scurry from the...
View ArticleJustice — at last
Originally published on December 7, 2012, in the Seattle Gay News To be honest, I never dreamed I would be fortunate enough to see the day when same-sex marriage became legal. But the people of this...
View ArticleSeattle city officials concerned about rising tides
Originally aired on King 5 on January 13, 2013.
View ArticleSeattle shoppers getting used to reusable bags, stores less so
Originally published in The Seattle Times on January 17, 2013. Thin, carryout plastic bags have nearly disappeared from big grocery and retail stores in Seattle, six months after city officials enacted...
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Revised utility-discount program begins in Seattle
Originally published in the Seattle Times, 24 January 2013 Changes to Seattle’s program will make it easier for the elderly and low-income families to receive reduced rates. Greenwood resident Ethel...
View ArticleMeasure would curb water shutoffs for Seattle families with kids
Originally published on March 5, 2013, on KPLU. Thousands of Seattle families had their water shut off last year. A city council member is introducing a measure to help one group of them — households...
View ArticleBright lights, big omen for L.A. North?
Originally published in the Seattle Times on April 21st, 2013. Meanwhile, barely noticed in La La Land: Seattle City Council member and longtime scribe Jean Godden dusted off her reporter’s cap for a...
View ArticleTotal Reclaim – Recycling CPUs and monitors
Check out this KING 5 clip about Seattle Public Utilities’ environmentally and socially responsible process for recycling surplus computers and monitors.
View ArticleEditorial: Support public financing of Seattle City Council campaigns
This article first appeared in the Seattle Times (June 14, 2013). — SEATTLE voters should have the opportunity to decide whether they want to contribute a few dollars every year to finance City Council...
View ArticleJean Godden: The Columnist, The Councilmember, The Kayaker
You may know that Jean Godden has served on Seattle’s City Council for the last 10 years. Before that she worked as a journalist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and the Seattle Times. But you may...
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