“It was a really hard year for me and my family,” she said. “There’s no question about that. The level of division and vitriol I think was a reflection of how hard it was and the changing economy and methods of communication. That got reflected on the front doorstep.”
And yet, reflecting in particular on her office’s response to COVID-19, she projects a level of confidence about how the efforts of mayors like her will be remembered. “History will write this chapter and American mayors will be heroes,” she said over the phone recently.
That Durkan is already considering her time as mayor in the context of history is, on
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