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The FAA has stated that both efforts are mutually exclusive. 65 census tracts, which are roughly equal to a
Many citizens think differently. I am a Private Pilot, a neighborhood, range from 33.6% to 70.8%. There’s still a
member of the FAA 14 CFR Part 150 committee and Chair long way to go, but just a short time to get there.
of the FXE advisory board. I think the common dominator Census workers will begin going door-to-door in
is noise and both studies, if crafted correctly, can have a neighborhoods to visit households that haven’t responded
major impact on noise. We need to keep the pressure on to the census this August. Neighbors who don’t want to
the FAA.
come into contact with a census taker can avoid a knock
The 2020 Census counts every person living in the United on the door by completing the census online, by mail, or
States. Census data will direct critical funding for schools, by phone. It's quick, easy, and your responses are secure.
hospitals, roads, social services, pandemics like COVID-19
Remember, Spatial Distancing, Masks in Public &
and other vital community needs for the next 10 years.
Washing hands. We are in this together. RV
Communities that are undercounted will receive less funding.
So far, 53.3% of our Census area households have Ed Rebholz
completed their census forms, ranking the city 231 out of President
Florida's 409 cities. The self-response rates for the City’s Lauderdale Harbors Improvement Association

2020.

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