I interviewed for a cataloging librarian position at the Supreme Court Law Library of Kansas which was right across the street from the Kansas Capitol Building. This was back in early 1994.

Some of the librarians there took me aside and tried to dissuade me from even coming there. They kept on telling me about all the tornadoes that come through that part of Kansas.

I would have gone anyway if I had been offered the position.

Did think though that Kansas would be a good place for my survivors' rights crusade but law librarianship is also extremely political and a lot depends on what other law librarians do for you from your region. You cannot do your job without the co-operation of librarians in the same area of expertise as well as the geographical area.

I guess some of the librarians at the Kansas Supreme Court Law Library were afraid of the consequences if they hired someone like me.

This was a surprise though just to get an interview as I was pretty much told flat out that I would not work in law librarianship again for pushing the issue of access to practical materials for survivors of crimes based on my personal experiences while I was looking for a new position in law librarianship while at the law librarianship conventions (American Association of Law Libraries--AALL) in New Orleans in 1991 and then again in San Francisco in 1992.

Those personal experiences was the murder of my then high school English teacher's daughter Michelle near the University of Nevada, Reno on the night of February 24, 1976. February 24 is also my birthday. This Feb 24 murder was a media sensation on and off from February 25, 1976 through at least 1985 in the Northern Nevada press.