Hope I'm still here on April 1

Twice in one month. First it was the Republican National Committee. Now it's the Department of Commerce. I'm starting to get seriously worried about our government's ability to carry out even simple tasks. Today I received my census form. The instructions in bold type state "Please complete and mail back the enclosed census form today." The first question, however, asks how many people are living in my residence on April 1, 2010. I certainly hope I will live until April 1, but then again maybe this is the government's idea of an April Fools' Day joke. Where are the editors for mass mailings?

GREG STEINER, Jackson