I went to Southwest today. I didn't know that southwest DC even existed until three months after I'd moved here when I had to go to the FCC headquarters to meet with my legal writing adjunct. I got lost, ending up somewhere around Union Station because she didn't specify the quadrant, but I got there eventually.

I went to southwest to take notes and be a presence at a meeting between two tenants' associations, one of which we represent, and the building management agency. It didn't go very well, which we expected. They won't hire another guard or set up the monitors so the guard at the front desk can watch the security cameras until we force them to do it, which I don't know if we can do or not. We'll have to take it to court. I actually am not very involved with this, as I have to put in 400 hours for my Haywood Burns fellowship and 300 hours from some Americorp program. But the Americorp program won't let me work for the tenants' association because they're an organization that's not a 501(c)(3). So I can only spend one-third of my time on them. Too bad, because they're a bunch of fun, angry people.

Oh, and Kate and Jules, in case you don't read your email, write me!
posted by weiss @ 9:56 PM