Cincinnati wins census fight

Before the 2010 census count got under way, the Census Bureau arbitrarily removed thousands of addresses in inner-city Cincinnati.

The purpose of this act was as transparent as Scotch tape. These urban neighborhoods had some of the lowest Republican support of any in the area. You could tell right away that some Bush holdover had made the decision to delete these addresses.

Most of the deleted addresses were in Over-the-Rhine, Corryville, North Fairmount, or Clifton Heights. The Census Bureau's excuse for deleting them was that they weren't actually within Cincinnati city limits. Yeah, because we all know Over-the-Rhine is actually in Claryville, right?

If this was allowed to stand, the city itself would be undercounted - and that would effect funding as well as legislative apportionment.

But the city appealed to the OMB, and now it's won its case - at least with 91% of the addresses.

As a result, thousands of Cincinnati residents are finally receiving their census forms this week.

This still doesn't account for the 9% that remain outstanding though.