[blindlaw] The Census does not track the blind

[ckrugman at sbcglobal.net]

Actually, the states have nothing to do with census collection as according 
to the U.S. Constitution the collection of census data is the responsibility 
of the Federal government.
Chuck
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Pepper" <b75205 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 3:28 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] The Census does not track the blind


> It is never too late, and what we need is to bring this up at the
> convention. We really do not need Oregon's results anyway the census takes
> data from all over the place and many states do not cooperate with all of
> the census taking anyway, so whats the problem?
>
> Also we should get the AAPD involved in this effort.
> But what we definitely need is some idea as to how many people are 
> affected,
> what is their economic position, did they go to college, did they get a
> degree, this stuff is essential to developing policy and waiting for this 
> to
> happen 10 years from now will not do!
>
> This is a civil rights issue and if we go around saying oh no  we cannot
> upset the apple cart then fine we will go around you.
>
> James Pepper
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