A City Council Member may be a great champion for your cause!
Take this excerpt from the Dec. 11, 2008 Washington Post, for example.
"The playground might be Fenty's example of what is going well in the recreation department, but council member Harry Thomas Jr. (D-Ward 5) has been working to bring attention to some things that he says aren't going so well. He recently convened a hearing on the council's committee on libraries, parks and recreation, during which residents complained about the city's decision to reduce the number of early-child-care programs from 17 to 13."
