Barbara Stenson Spaeth

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Barbara Stenson Spaeth is a writer and public affairs consultant in Seattle. She can be contacted at editor@crosscut.com.

Active since June 2009

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Gordon Clinton, elected mayor a half century ago, helped create modern Seattle

Posted Wed, Nov 23, 3:57 p.m.

Crosscut is wise to honor Gordon Clinton at his passing with a tribute from former Mayor Greg Nickels, someone who has some idea of what it took to do what Mr. Clinton did when he did it. Mayor Clinton was a progressive in the best sense, at a time when ...

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Amazon CEO Bezos' $10 million gift to Seattle Museum

Posted Thu, Aug 18, 1:34 p.m.

This good news speaks volumes about the leadership Leonard Garfield has brought to MOHAI, an institution that always has had too many masters, many good intentions and never enough resources. Knute's recollection of MOHAI's focus in days of yore leaves out the Boeing seaplane that hung from the ceiling and ...

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How schools can help save neighborhoods

Posted Fri, Feb 19, 12:15 p.m.

Knute, add to your piece by including WEST SEATTLE in the Seattle public high school world of our youth. Also, we shouldn’t forget Broadway (Now Central Seattle CC), the early casualty of neighborhood high school closure/transformation when the district made it a “voch-tech” after the Korean War. This decision eliminated ...

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