Well, Michael Maddox ran against me, so you should endorse him.

I did.

Godden will win on name recognition in a very elderly district. She serves until she's shed this mortal coil.

Who packs the most impressive meat? Or is that just for when you hire?

As a thought experiment, suppose it was known with nigh certainty who the Stranger Election Control Board was going to endorse, and therefore the Stranger Election Control Board Endorsement Meeting was an gratuitous facade, would there be any reason to attend if you weren't that prior anointed one?

Is this news? Jean Godden's been absent for the past 12 years.

@4

I don't know, being a good sport? Making the rounds? Sawant's going to the interview with the Times, but you know they're endorsing Banks.

Practically all white male management and ownership at the Stranger? Gosh, it's anyone's guess.

Maybe she forgot.

While I believe there may be a white male conspiracy in the U.S. I don't think it really applies to Jean Godden, there's always a chance she's 4th best out of the 5, without any illuminati influence.

Maybe she assumed that it didn't matter, since the Stranger has no News Department, out even a News Editor. Why bother meeting with a group of Art Critics and Opinionated People Who Say "Fuck" a Lot?

That Tony Provine he's our man if he can't do it ... nobody can!!!!

Interviews with the candidates Maddux, Johnson, Pachecho from The Urbanist:

http://www.theurbanist.org/2015/06/25/20…
http://www.theurbanist.org/2015/06/01/20…
http://www.theurbanist.org/2015/06/04/20…

I don't know why Provine wasn't interviewed. I have a pretty good guess as to why Godden wasn't interviewed. :)

@Dilinger ~ The Urbanist did a poor job all around with who they interviewed. Basically they ran with those who had raised money early on or who the establishment had already show favor towards. Their selections lacked any creativity or originality and they showed themselves to be just another cog in the media wheel.

@Theophrastus ~ Let's hope that's not the case and that they give the best candidate the endorsement. Stranger please, PLEASE, don't let us down!

If I don't vote for Jean, Provine gets my vote because he is the only one who doesn't look like an idiot clowning to gather your approval in this photo.

Also, you're going to endorse Maddux, because he got to hold the Jean head (isn't he so counter establishment?) and he knew to look at Eli's phone for the real photo (he gets millennial photo culture, and he's in the in crowd!).

I hope they endorse Maddux because he is interested in some revenue reform to make the tax system less regressive.

@17:

What "revenue reform" are you talking about at the city council level?

While The Urbanist did not offer Tony Provine an interview, he has received multiple endorsements from neighborhood leaders, social justice advocates, people from the senior and disabilities communities, (Tony served two terms as Chair of the Seattle/King County Advisory Council on Aging & Disability Services), and the sole endorsement of the King County Democrats.
To read more about Tony's endorsements, platform, and upcoming events, please visit https://tonyprovine.com/endorsements/

Please follow the campaign on twitter https://twitter.com/Provine4Seattle & "like" the campaign on facebook https://www.facebook.com/tonyprovine.

Here's just one of Tony's endorsements:

“I (David Bloom) am supporting Tony Provine for District 4 for the Seattle City Council. Our city is facing unprecedented growth challenges. The decisions made by our City Council over the next four years will have a profound impact on Seattle’s livability and affordability for years to come. Tony understands the key issues we face and the dynamics of the public policy decisions that will affect our future.

Tony’s position on three of those key issues show that he is the right person to represent District 4, as well as the concerns of the city at large:

Our city government has done a poor job of protecting the character of our neighborhoods and our supply of housing affordable to low-income and working people from the impacts of rampant development. Tony will work to impose impact fees on developers, just as 80 other cities across Washington State already do. Development places a drain on our physical infrastructure and public services. Impact fees provide funding for the streets, parks, schools, and fire services that we all rely upon. Tony will assure that developers pay for the increased costs their projects place on our public services and infrastructure.

The all at-large representation system of the Seattle City Council has too often left the concerns of many citizens in neighborhoods across Seattle unrepresented. Tony will be accessible to the citizens he represents through neighborhood service and community centers. The residents of Wallingford, the U-District, Ravenna, View Ridge, and other neighborhoods in District 4 will know that Tony represents their concerns on the Seattle City Council and will have direct access to him. This will be especially important for U-District residents and small business owners in the face of a massive upzone proposal that could devastate the livability and affordability of that critical neighborhood.

Our city will not thrive in the future if it becomes increasingly unlivable for the low- and middle-income working people that have been the backbone of Seattle’s economy and culture since its founding. Tony supports a $500 million housing bond program, the restoration of the Growth Related Housing Fund, and strong protections for renters—measures that can help to preserve and increase our supply of affordable housing. He also supports pay equity and livable wages—measures we need to preserve our critical base of working people that is essential for our city to remain livable for all.

For these and other reasons, e.g., Tony’s support for public transportation and public safety, I am supporting Tony Provine for Seattle City Council District 4. I encourage all voting residents of District 4 to vote for Tony Provine in the August 4 Primary Election and the November 3 General Election.

Seattle needs Tony Provine on the City Council!” David Bloom ----- An American Baptist minister with more than thirty years of ecumenical leadership experience in Seattle on social justice issues. He is a founder of several local organizations that provide shelter, build housing, and organize for social change, including the Downtown Emergency Service Center, Common Ground, and the Seattle Displacement Coalition.

https://twitter.com/Provine4Seattle & https://www.facebook.com/tonyprovine

@18 a movement away from solely relying on levies and sales tax.

It's good that one person doesn't just recognize the regressive nature of our tax system, but is willing to work to change it even if it seems hard.

Safer streets and the ability for all users to move about safely is extremely important to Tony Provine. He has been asking for a safer intersection, with clear lane markings and left turn arrows at 15th and 65th and other key dangerous NE Seattle intersections - for years.

Tony's thoughts are with the family and friends of the victim of the DUI accident.

"Transportation Difficulties Keep Half a Million People at Home" by Tony Provine: http://www.agewisekingcounty.org/en/145/…

^Actually, your comment above is not only wrong but misleading. In fact, the bike lanes Provine markedly opposed were just one part of a full road diet proposed for 65th and would have made the road much, much safer. For all modes.
But it's ok, bikes can just use side streets right?

No thanks.

Jean Godden's s still alive?!

Oops. Jean Godden is still alive?!

Not interviewing Tony Provine was an oversight, an intentional slight, or just agism. He's the proven community leader of the men. Why not do it now?