Columbia blogger Will Folks, who has announced his plan to report false information on his 2010 Census form because he doesn't like it and thinks it's poorly administered, is- not surprisingly- ignoring how this year's effort went sideways on the watch of his party and its recent "just say no to everything" effort:
Memories are fresh of the chronic mismanagement and political missteps that nearly derailed the 2010 count. In 2006, both the Census Bureau director and deputy director abruptly quit, calling attention to the Bush administration’s lack of support for the census. In 2008, equipment failures that were long in the making created 11th-hour delays and cost overruns. In 2009, the late nomination and slow confirmation of a new director left the agency without a leader for much of the crucial year before the count. Similar problems have also plagued earlier censuses.
Just to show how far-right Folks is, even uber-conservative US Senator Tom Coburn favors legislation to make the Census bureau work better.
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