Coming Soon To Your Elections - More Multilingual Ballots
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From: Davi Rodrigues [mailto:Davi@SaveOurState.info] Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 11:40 AM To: Voter Info Subject: Questions Is it possible for citizens to obtain voting ballots that do not contain the confusing spanish language on them? ______________________________________________ Quote:
So there you have it: Immigration costs you dearly. Not just in monetary terms either. So to get a ballot printed in the official language of California only, we have to have enough foreign language speakers to warrant seperate ballot material. There's a catch 22 for you. But of course the real catch is illegals. Drop anchors here that are native born citizens who don't speak English; are taught in spanish, and are encouraged to retain their spanish speaking roots. |
You have to speak English if you want to become a US citizen. You must be a US citizen to vote. So why do we need ballots in any other language besides English? If you can't speak English, you can't be a US citizen and you can't be eligible to vote.
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I received a call yesterday from my friend who teaches ESL at the college. She said her enrollment is now between 11-13 students (the question of how many comes up because of a mistake and 2 students were enrolled incorrectly). So she may actually only have 11 students. The class requires she have at least 15 students. It is a 6 unit class which meets 2hrs a day, 5 days a week. So it is an expensive class. My friend told me that it costs what 3 English classes would cost and that there are not enough English classes to meet student demands. So she said she would understand is they canceled the class. She said they are laying off instructors right and left, so it would make perfect sense to cancel it.
What she's finally coming around to really agreeing with is my anger at those who could take advantage of this class and learn English, but they won't. My friend had signs printed up that cost her over $800 to advertise the ESL department at the college, but the cities in Ventura County didn't want them put up. They called the colleges president and complained. So my friend put an ad in a bilingual paper for $200, and the school told her to cancel it and not advertise. The school would like to get rid of the ESL classes altogether because they're not considered academic. But what bothers me so much is that with a BOGG fee waiver the classes are basically free, and yet they still won't attend the classes and refuse to put the effort into learning English. |
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The mexicans continue to hold out on their own language, and the bureaucrats continue to cater
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Why not make that clear, speaking English is not a way to flatter US citizenship, it is mandatory. If you cannot speak English, you cannot be a citizen. Time to ratchet it up a notch. |
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There are people who have been NATURALIZED citizens for 30 and 40 years who don't speak English, and don't want to. And, while I don't believe it is as severe as others do, I have met people who have graduated from US high schools who don't speak much English at all, right next to zilch. My latest experience with all this (short story, there's much more to it to piss you off than I'm relating) was with a co-worker who barely spoke English. The company we were employed by paid him to go to ESL classes - he took the early time off but was busted going home on a regular basis instead of going to class. Eventually he was asked for documentation to prove that he was going to the classes, but never ponied it up. So eventually he was terminated from employment. So, here is a guy who was too "proud" of his Mexican-ness to bow to English even while being paid to learn in addition to all the other scams he allegedly committed. And while most Mexicans are willing to work for peanuts, he was making good money - threw it all away in exchange for his concept of what it is to be "Mexican". |
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Language is the easy part. If you can't speak English, you can't be a US citizen. This is thinking that anyone who respects the integrity of their own citizenship can embrace. But just because you are fluent in English, doesn't mean you can't be an illegal immigrant or make false claims on citizenship. |
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