Marathon Pundit: Recently concluded Chicago homeless census rigged

Last week I blogged about the incredible claim by the City of Chicago that just 24 homeless people lived in the city's downtown.

I voiced my skepticism, and it turns out I was right to doubt the report. It turns out that only a few downtown blocks were part of the survey

From CBS 2 Chicago:

A city census that turned up only 24 homeless people living on downtown streets was confined to a 12-block area, a top mayoral aide said Wednesday, acknowledging that the real number is far higher.

Acting Housing Commissioner Ellen Sahli said a separate count conducted between 9 p.m. and 2 a.m. on a cold night in January -- in a much broader swath that includes all four community areas that take in parts of downtown -- turned up 995 homeless people.

Of that number, 352 people were living on the street and in public places. The remaining 643 people were staying in shelters.