Now that I’ve started my fight against vacation rentals, I’ve been trying to get a meeting with my city council representative, Lorie Zapf. At a recent Town Council meeting, she indicated that she was going to setup “office hours” where the public could arrange a time to speak with her. I haven’t heard any more about this and have asked via email if I could setup a meeting. While I was down at city hall today, I decided to see if I could schedule a meeting in person as I’m impatient and haven’t heard back to my email.
I went to the 10th floor of city hall, walked out of the elevator to a nondescript waiting area with a lady behind a window. The waiting area was uninviting and all the doors around said “authorized personnel only”. I’m not sure what I was expecting, but this seemed like an experience worse than a doctor’s office. I asked the lady behind the window if I could get a meeting and she called back to someone and asked me to wait.
One of the councilwoman’s people came out, asked where I lived and then went back to see if the area rep could meet with me. She came back, said he was busy and took my name, email address and phone number to setup a meeting. I’ve previously sent email and haven’t heard back, so maybe my physical presence downtown today might change that.
While I understand that we live in a representative democracy, it would be nice if I could express my concerns in person to the person that represents me. I’ve never been particularly interested in politics as it didn’t really affect me. Hopefully I can get a meeting with someone from my councilwoman’s office and plead my case.