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Recall election for school board member accused of improperly promoting bilingual education (CA)
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Posted on 01/08/2003 1:41:14 AM PST by chance33_98



SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A judge refused to halt the Feb. 4 recall election for an Orange County school board member accused of improperly promoting bilingual education.

U.S. District Judge Alicemarie Stotler refused Monday to grant a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit filed by an Hispanic civil rights group.

The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund sued after allegations arose that non-English speakers were unable to read the recall petitions and were misled into signing them.

The recall election is aimed at Nativo Lopez, who is on the board of the Santa Ana Unified School District.

Critics contend that Lopez has pushed bilingual education over English instruction despite Proposition 227, the 1998 California ballot measure that virtually banned bilingual education in public schools.


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1 posted on 01/08/2003 1:41:14 AM PST by chance33_98
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2 posted on 01/08/2003 1:48:54 AM PST by ATOMIC_PUNK (The Fellowship of Conservatives)
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The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund

Whatever became of just plain old 'American'? Once again, the left divides. There is no party as blatantly racist as the democrats - when will people ever wake up?

3 posted on 01/08/2003 1:55:04 AM PST by chance33_98 (Military defends us from commies from without, our job is to defend it from within)
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The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund sued after allegations arose that non-English speakers were unable to read the recall petitions...

LMAO-what irony

4 posted on 01/08/2003 3:48:15 AM PST by GATOR NAVY (If you want to live in America, learn English)
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They should slap a tax on all Spanish speaking people ---if they can find any who actually pay taxes and let them pay for their own "special" programs like bi-lingual ed. They don't want to learn the language of this country but I'd bet they would scream if it was they themselves who had to pay the high cost of these programs.
5 posted on 01/08/2003 6:13:55 AM PST by FITZ
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To: chance33_98
Whatever became of just plain old 'American'?

It's gone

Once again, the left divides. There is no party as blatantly racist as the democrats - when will people ever wake up?

Organizations like Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, (MALDEF) is blatantly, a racist organization.

6 posted on 01/08/2003 9:14:09 AM PST by Joe Hadenuf
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7 posted on 01/08/2003 2:34:37 PM PST by madfly (English as an American Language)
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They should slap a tax on all Spanish speaking people ---if they can find any who actually pay taxes and let them pay for their own "special" programs like bi-lingual ed.

As well as the cost of printing government documents in multiple languages.

8 posted on 01/08/2003 2:45:20 PM PST by gubamyster
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