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EV cities gear up for critical census BY GARY NELSON Tribune Contributor
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t’s going to be easy to overlook a little postcard that will arrive in your mail next March. Between the kids, the rent, the job and the busted washing machine, it won’t seem like a big deal. Plus, it’ll probably be hard to find among all the pizza coupons and dental implant ads. All that notwithstanding, your city – doesn’t matter which city – is hoping you’ll treat that card like a piece of gold. Because in a way, it is. The card is going to come from the U.S. Census Bureau, and it’s going to ask you some questions about how many people live in your home, your ethnicity and similar stuff. Whether you respond could help determine how many federal dollars will be used to im-
prove your hometown, and your answers will have a bearing on who ultimately represents you in Congress, the Legislature or even your City Council. The financial stakes are huge. According to the Maricopa Association of Governments, the federal government distributes $675 billion a year to cities and states, depending on their populations. Arizona gets $13.5 billion of that, and the more people your city counts, the more money it gets. Based on how many people live where, Arizona’s congressional and legislative district maps will be redrawn after census results are in. The count will also affect the boundaries of Mesa’s six City Council districts. The official date for the 2020 census is April 1. That seems like a long way off, but some East Valley cities already have been preparing
Retired Mesa rector turning 107 Friday BY JORDAN HOUSTON Tribune Staff Writer
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attered copies of paperback books – such as “Nobel Prize Conversations” and “Theosophy: A Modern Expression of the Wisdom of the Ages” – decorate the bedside table of what may be Mesa’s oldest resident, Father Harold Knight. “That’s a very good book. I’ve read it a number of times,” he said about “Nobel Prize,” by Sir John Eccles, Roger Sperry, Ilya Prigogine and Brian Josephson. The retired longtime rector of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Mesa, lover of philosophy and psychology and Mesa Citizen of the Year, turns 107 on Friday, July 26.
The church, at 322 N. Horne St., will host a card shower after the 10 a.m. service July 28 for friends and family members to express how much he means to them. Knight was a rector at the church for 20 years – the longest-serving rector in its 103-year history. The centenarian currently lives at home with his wife of 46 years, Edithanne, and attributes his
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for months. Mesa, the region’s largest and most diverse municipality, is in that category – and it sees potential threats when it comes to getting an accurate count. Francisco Heredia, who represents southwest Mesa on the City Council, is leading a 20-plus-person task force that has been meeting since last year to plan census strategies. Heredia said public apathy and fear of government intrusion can make it hard to count everyone even in a normal year. But this time around the count could be even more difficult, especially in areas with high immigrant populations. The reason is an effort by the Trump administration to add to this year’s form a question
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