New Orleans Mayor Wants To Steal Your Federal Dollars

By Anna on July 20, 2009 at 12:07 pm

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New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is calling on former residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 to claim their old city addresses in next year’s census, drawing criticism for trying to circumvent rules for winning federal funds.
The mayor—encouraged that New Orleans has thrown off its post-Katrina malaise to become the U.S.‘s fastest-growing big city by percentage—wants the U.S. Census Bureau to grant an exception for its former residents, currently living elsewhere, who want to rebuild homes in New Orleans.

There’s one problem: The mayor’s plan is illegal, according to the Census Bureau. Federal law requires the Census Bureau to count all U.S. residents where they reside as of April 1, 2010, when the nationwide tally will begin.

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There shouldn’t be much to worry about, as I am sure ACORN will use their pull in the census to help straighten all this out.