"Why don't you residents document that stuff . . . I maintain a file and those of you that have written me letters telling me that you don't feel safe, that's stuff that's very helpful. You know we're working on it and doing the best that we can but have got to do it right. And when it's done it will be done for good. So, we're not going to rush into it.

. . . if you feel like someone is threatening to you, if you feel like verbally they assaulted you or if you feel like they are doing some action that does not make you feel safe then you can go down to the courthouse and get a restraining order against any person that makes you feel that way.

If that person then contacts you or speaks to you or approaches you or posts anything on your door then you can call the police and they will escort that person away. And I would certainly encourage residents that if you do not feel safe and if you feel threatened by someone to go down and get a restraining order.

That's how we dealt with the previous issues. It's very hard to evict someone. Very, very hard to evict someone. In fact, the lawyers are telling me that it's really the only way to evict people in Seattle [except] if they don't pay the rent.

Now the laws are there but it's the judge's determination so there's a couple of ways to do it. One is, if I have a lot of substantial letters from residents saying that this person is making my life hell then I'm hoping that the judge will say, well, you know [sic].

. . . [If] you have a restraining order that says if you're caught in public we're going to call the police and if your out on the roof then we're going to call the police if your on any of the floors of any of the residents who have a restraining order against you we will call the police and you will be escorted away. In a sense you will be a prisoner in your own apartment."