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2010 census
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Because of population growth in
Glynn County and the rest of Geor
gia, numerous benefits are expected to
come from the 2010 census. From the
state’s rapid growth, Georgia is expect
ed to gain at least one representative
in Congress and receive a greater pro
portion of the $300 billion dollars that
are allocated annually based on census
data.
Collecting accurate information in
Glynn County was more difficult than
expected in 2000. 67% of households
nationwide returned their census forms
promptly in the mail in 2000 compared
to 65% of households in Glynn Comity.
In particular, minorities were less
likely to return census information,
according to Ms. Lewis.
The data collected in the 2000 cen
sus indicated that there were fewer
than 1,000 Hispanics and 100 Asians
living in Glynn Comity. These num
bers seem suspiciously low and Lewis
said the government has sought to
improve feedback.
Ms. Lewis said that the goal for
mail-in returns in this census is 72%.
In order to encourage higher response
rates, numerous actions have been
taken.
The Census Bureau wants to involve
local communities to help raise aware
ness of the census and increase report
ing.
The Bureau is also trying to involve
community leaders and the media
with spreading the word. School chil
dren have even been brought into the
plan, as they will be given handouts at
school to remind their parents about
the upcoming count.
In order to improve minority
response rates, three strategies have
been adopted.
The first part of the plan is to print
census forms in six different languages
including Spanish in order to foster
communication.
Also, Glynn Comity and other simi
lar comities will have Hispanic spe
cialist partners appointed to target
improving returns and communication
with the Hispanic community.
The final part of the plan is to pro
vide accurate information and dispel
any false rumors about the census.
Many undocumented immigrants are
wary to fill out census data because
they fear that the information will be
used to deport them.
The U.S. Census data is never actu
ally used to deport immigrants, accord
ing to Ms. Lewis, but the fear lingers
and many undocumented immigrants
are unaware of the data’s confidential
ity.
Even though Minnesota Representa
tive Michelle Bachmann, (R-6th Dist.)
is afraid that the census questions may
be too personal, Ms. Lewis said the
questions for this decade’s census have
been designed to be very unobtrusive.
Unless, you are keeping someone
chained up in the attic, about the most
intrusive questions involve educational
background and marital status.
"The collected information is stored
very securely," Lewis told the city com
mission, "and there has not been a
breach of information during the entire
history of the census."
After 72 years, the information is
released to the public.
The 2010 census is to be mailed
nationwide from Indiana on March 15
and the forms are expected to reach
Glynn County around March 25.
If the forms are not returned prompt
ly, then census information gather
ers will be dispatched to collect the
remaining information from anyone
who is not responsive.
A data collector will visit an address
three times to try to contact the resi
dents. One reason the Census Bureau
wishes to increase the rate of return on
the mail-out forms is to decrease the
cost of hiring people to walk door to
door and collect data.
At the end of the meeting, Ms. Lewis
asked Brunswick Mayor Brian Thomp
son to issue a proclamation and a part
nership agreement cementing the com
mitment between the Census Bureau
and the city of Brunswick. The Census
Bureau expects to call upon the city
for help next February, March, and
April. □
Problems with wall
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detouring traffic around an accident,
said Doering, for the same reason.
Large trucks and vehicles with trailers
will have difficulty getting through.
“I have three issues in dealing with
traffic accidents,” Doering explained
last week, “First is, how do we get
emergency vehicles to the accident?
The wall will make that more difficult.
Second is, how do we detom' traffic
around the accident? This is a major
concern on the Causeway because it
is the only road to St. Simons Island.
We have no other alternative routes or
roads where we can detom people. And
third is, how do we get the disabled
vehicles out of the roadway?”
The barrier will also make it more
difficult to remove disabled vehicles
from the road because all the wreck
ers on the police department’s accident
rotation list are located on the main
land. There are no wrecker services
on St. Simons that respond to traffic
accidents.
Doering discussed a worst case sce
nario:
If a major accident, such as a mul
tiple car pile up, occms in the east
bound lane between the McKay River
Bridge and the Golden Isles Marina
Drive, it will probably block the access
to the island and back traffic up across
the Causeway towards Brunswick.
Since the bridges have no emergen
cy lanes and the center emergency lane
will no longer exist, the police will have
to stop traffic leaving St. Simons Island
at the Frederica River Bridge so the
wreckers can come from the mainland
by way of the west bound lane.
The wreckers will have to come all
the way to the end of the barrier, which
will be just west of the Marina Drive,
and make a U-tum and return back to
the accident site.
“It is going to take a lot longer to
clean up the roadway after an accident
than it does now,” said Doering.
“This could be a nightmare for folks
on the island if there is a major acci
dent,” said Doering, “And remember,
the key point is that the Causeway is
the only road on and off St. Simons.
Traffic back-ups could feasibly cause
problems elsewhere on the island.
Every other road in Glynn has ways
to detom traffic around an accident.
Other roads also have wider, more
level shoulders for detouring and emer
gency vehicles.”
In addition to wreckers coming from
the mainland, Police Officer Carl John
son, Jr. said they may have to bring
police officers from the mainland if the
accident is in the westbound lane.
“That’s not how we do it now,” said
Johnson.
Continuing, Johnson said, “Traffic
flows in a circle on St. Simons Island.
If the Causeway is blocked the whole
island could be jammed up. Once the
wall is built people are likely to have to
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sit in traffic even longer than they do
now when there's an accident. Then it
will still take hours for traffic to return
to normal after the road has been
cleared.”
“The wall is a double-edged sword,”
said Johnson, who works the island for
the police department, “There will be
no more head-on collisions, but if a car
hits the wall, it could swerve back into
traffic, which is a problem. Or it could
bounce off, spin and cause a t-bone
accident. Also bad.”
“When a car spins out of control,”
Johnson continued, “there will be a pile
up. Is ten wrecked cars with no fatali
ties better than two cars in a head-on
where some body dies? Yes, because
most head-ons end up with a fatality.
But if they are going to build the wall,
they should also widen the Causeway
to give emergency vehicles access.”
Chief Doering said, ‘Yes, the bar
rier is going to delay our emergency
response time and people need to know
this. But they also need to know we
are working on how to deal with the
situation.”
Johnson said, “I agree 150%.”
Making the problem worse if the
fact that the Torras Causeway, at a
traffic count of 29,000 vehicles a day,
has the second highest traffic volume
in Glynn Comity, next to 1-95.
But if you ask Chief Doering how
he feels about the wall, he will tell you
that he is neutral, he is neither for nor
against the barrier.
"My job is to enforce the traffic laws
and make the Causeway as safe as
possible. As a public official, I have no
opinion on the barrier," said Doering,
"But I do have concerns that people
need to be aware of." □
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