Everybody and every entity must get involved in this effort. The quality of life of our citizens is at stake. From the education of our children and grandchildren to the delivery of health care to our parents and grandparents, the census is critical. We must work together to improve the process and more effectively communicate the value of a good and thorough count. The old excuses for failing to fill out the forms are no longer acceptable.
Lets face it.
The questions on the census form are much less intrusive than those we do not hesitate to answer to get a credit card or enter a sweepstakes contest. Our communities are being neglected, our children shortchanged and our senior citizens overlooked. Let's not start the next century the way we started this one, neglecting and shortchanging and overlooking significant numbers of our people. They also discourage voter participation. In too many instances people who live in districts where they are a decided minority have stopped voting.