Posted on 05/11/2005 10:59:24 AM PDT by Wrangler22
While the Minutemen were working to restore the integrity of the Arizona border, the Governor of the state is chopping away at it from within. In one swift stroke of the pen Governor Janet Napolitano vetoed Senate Bill 1167, which would have required state and local government workers to carry out their official duties in English. Her comment on the matter was "The Legislature, to date, has failed to appropriate adequate funding to allow schools to teach English-language learners," she wrote. "Consequently, under Senate Bill 1167, English is required as the official language, but funds are not available to help non-English speakers to learn to read, write or speak English. Under these circumstances, making English the only language for official action is contradictory at best." What? . . .
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So, how could this be accommodated? Could the students, ahem, learn English?????
Listen, Janet, E-N-G-L-I-S-H is the language of our country. We are not going to have you cater to a bunch of immigrants. English! English! ENGLISH!
God, she is such a waste.
Sounds to me like she's channelling George III.
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