{"id":27338,"date":"2020-07-14T23:06:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T20:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/chicago-mayor-deploys-census-cowboy-to-boost-participation-time-to-giddy-up\/"},"modified":"2020-07-14T23:06:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T20:06:00","slug":"chicago-mayor-deploys-census-cowboy-to-boost-participation-time-to-giddy-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/chicago-mayor-deploys-census-cowboy-to-boost-participation-time-to-giddy-up\/","title":{"rendered":"#Chicago mayor deploys \u2018Census Cowboy\u2019 to boost participation: \u2018Time to giddy-up\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Chicago mayor deploys \u2018Census Cowboy\u2019 to boost participation: \u2018Time to giddy-up\u2019<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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\n By Ronn Blitzer, Fox News<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

July 14, 2020 |<\/span> 4:06pm <\/p>\n

\n The city of Chicago has been under a shadow cast by the coronavirus pandemic and a surge in violence. But Mayor Lori Lightfoot is calling in a hero to tackle a different problem \u2014 low response rates for the US Census.<\/p>\n

Enter the Census Cowboy.<\/p>\n

During an unusual news conference Monday, Lightfoot said one simple way to get more resources to communities in need is for people to fill out that survey. To that end, she introduced the Census Cowboy, who will be riding a horse into the 10 city communities with the lowest response rate, in an effort to get more people to fill out the census and be counted.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was a kid I loved the Batman TV show. And, when the city of Gotham had a real difficult challenge, one of the things that the mayor there did is he called out and he sent out a distress signal to Batman,\u201d Lightfoot said. \u201cSo, we are doing something similar for the census. And I\u2019m happ<\/a>y to report I\u2019m calling out the Census Cowboy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lightfoot was quick to point out that the presence of the mounted marvel is not to be celebrated, but to serve as a warning that people are not fulfilling their responsibilities.<\/p>\n

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Lori Lightfoot<\/span>Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cSo if you see the Census Cowboy come into your neighborhood, that\u2019s not a good thing,\u201d she said. \u201cThat means you got to step up and do your part and make sure that you fill out the census.\u201d<\/p>\n

So who is the hero that Chicago needs? According to the Chicago Sun-Times, he is 33-year-old Adam Hollingsworth, a former boxer who gained local notoriety when he rode his trusty steed to protests after George Floyd\u2019s death. Back then, he was known as the \u201cDread Head Cowboy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lightfoot has set a goal of 75 percent census participation for her city. In the last census in 2010, they had 66 percent, and so far, some neighborhoods in Chicago are below 40 percent. Lightfoot is hoping that greater participation will result in greater resources for these neighborhoods, some of which were ravaged by looting and violence that spun out of the George Floyd demonstrations.<\/p>\n

This is just one approach the mayor has taken with the hope of encouraging greater participation. The homepage for the city\u2019s census website promotes a \u201cCensus Challenge,\u201d in which the ward with the highest participation increase wins ice cream delivery for neighborhood children.<\/p>\n

So far, the ice cream incentive does not appear to be working. The site notes that statistics will be posted from July 7 to July 17, but so far the ward with the greatest participation has a response rate of less than 1 percent.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the Census Cowboy can provide greater inspiration.<\/p>\n

\u201c[I]t\u2019s time to giddy-up,\u201d Lightfoot said. \u201cLet\u2019s do this Chicago. Let\u2019s make the Census Cowboy proud.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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