Last month, Lawrence Mayor Jennifer Ananda accepted a challenge from the mayor of Manhattan for the two cities to compete for the highest self-response rate — meaning that residents responded either online, by mail or by phone — to the 2020 Census for each city. It was agreed that the mayor of the losing city had to wear the other city’s university jersey to a City Commission meeting. Ananda announced at the commission’s meeting Tuesday that Lawrence had won the competition, which hinged on which city had the highest self-response rate by May 15. She said that Lawrence and Manhattan had come together as two great cities doing what they could to ensure the state was represented in the census, but that she was glad she didn’t end up having to wear a K-State jersey.
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