Jeff Miller: “Census 2000 is underway. If my colleagues have not received their form, they will receive it shortly. Please complete…”

“Census 2000 is underway. If my colleagues have not received their form, they will receive it shortly. Please complete that form and send it back as soon as possible. It is so important for this country and our own communities because so much money flows from Washington and our State capitals based on the population of our area. Whether it is health care or education or roads or sewers, it is so important. Unfortunately, the minority yesterday started playing politics with the census again. And that is unfortunate, because there is no substitute for counting people. The sampling issue was settled by the Supreme Court over a year ago. And they could not have picked a worse day of a worse week to bring up the issue and to undermine response for the census, and that is indeed sad. Everyone counts, black or white, Hispanic, Asian, young or old. Everyone counts in this country. Please complete this form and send it back today.”