David Mallof, 51, a 25-year resident of the Dupont Circle area and a telecommunications consultant, has taken up a cause: to reverse the D.C. Council’s decision to declare public property on the city’s West End, including a fire station and a library, as surplus. The controversial move has stirred emotions on the West End; residents are still fuming that they had little opportunity to comment before the emergency resolution passed.

Why have you taken up this issue?