Editorial: The Census
Created: Jan 23, 2002 10:00 AM
We are now in the fourth week of 2002, and there is still no sign - in public - of the 2000 Census, although it is no secret that members of the Government have seen bits and pieces of the document and the Boundaries Commission will be provided with a great deal of it as it begins its deliberations.
The Census is vital document for the community to plan for the future, for everything from politics to the economy to health care to education to simply giving people a sense of what sort of community they live in.
Canvassing for the Census began in May, 2000 and it is a travesty that it has still not been made available to the public.