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• <br />January 18, 2000 <br /> <br />~ ~~~ _ ~ <br />f <br />Dear La Porte / Bayshore Chamber of Commerce Member: <br />We are writing you on behalf of the La Porte Census 2000 Committee. Our <br />Committee is charged with the goal of achieving 100°/a participation in completing <br />the Census for La Porte. Please find attached an information letter that we <br />prepared, explaining the multiple benefits to the La Porte community of having a <br />"complete" census count. <br />We ask that you review the attachment, and pass the information along to your <br />constituents. It is imperative that confidentiality 6e stressed to everyone you <br />communicate with. The single greatest challenge the Census Bureau faces is the <br />notion that the census is an invasion of privacy. In actuality, the information is <br />used almost exclusively for determining the distribution of Federal and State <br />funding and the number of State Representative Districts a community is entitled. <br />Some of the projects funded include roads, hospitals, health care for the elderly and <br />indigent, schools, colleges and universities. Current estimates indicate that La Porte <br />s#ands to gain several hundred thousand dollars in additional funding, and procure <br />at feast one (1) additional State Representative position, if an accurate census count <br />is facilitated. <br />Thank you in advance for your assistance in this endeavor. Please feet free to <br />contact either of us, should you have any questions or concerns. <br />Sincerely, <br />Norman Malone, Mayor <br />City of La Porte, Texas <br />281-471-5020 <br />~ r2---~ <br />Mark Snider, Chairman <br />La Porte Census Committee <br />281-470-1491 <br />* Attachments <br />