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11/01/2006: "Doing My Civic Duty"

We're going to have a change in the routine at the Home Office today, as I've been summoned for jury duty. It took three days, but LA's "one day / one trial" system finally called my name for Wednesday, and I'm off to the downtown Criminal Courts Building. Of course, now it's called the "Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Building". I have no idea who Clara Shortridge Foltz is, or why she would prefer "justice" to "courts". I suppose it's more politically correct ... lovely. I certainly want to do my part, but I'm really hoping my part is short ...

UPDATE: Curiosity got my cat, so I checked up on Clara in Wikipedia ... she was "the first woman to practice law in California, a crusader for women’s voting rights, and a founder of the modern public defender system." As I thought ... politically correct ...