Language Restriction Proposed In Herndon

Washington (com)Post ^ | December 2, 2006 | Bill Turque

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

Yes!!! Herndon is on the leading edge as a progressive town. Encouraging people who do not speak English to learn the language is one of the best things that they can do for those people.

First the voters throw out the pro-illegal immigrant town council. Then Herndon requires all contractors to hire LEGAL residents. Now this. What a great town!!!

Do a search of FR for Herndon and you'll see all of the great things that this town has done since throwing out the liberals who encouraged law breaking.

[originalbuckeye]

Wow. A first step....in a million mile journey. I hope other towns see the wisdom of this. Learning the language of the country in which you live is essential for success.

[Grut]

And when they're sued, as they will be, they can have their attorneys present their case in, oh, Urdu....

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

And when they're sued, as they will be, they can have their attorneys present their case in, oh, Urdu....

What law would they sue over?

CODE OF VIRGINIA,
CHAPTER 829 (1996)

CHAPTER 7. OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

§7.1-42. English designated the official language of the Commonwealth.

English shall be designated as the official language of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Except as provided by law, no state agency or local government shall be required to provide and no state agency or local government shall be prohibited from providing any documents, information, literature or other written materials in any language other than English.

[Graybeard58]

The beauty of so many cities and towns enacting their own ordinances is that the ACLU doesn't have the resources to go after all of them.

[Pontiac]

Maybe not but they will go after as many as they can because it is a money making proposition for them.

Federal law forces the loosing city to pay the ACLU's lawyers and court cost.

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

the ACLU doesn't have the resources to go after all of them.

And in this case I'd say let the ACLU waste it's resources on this. The state law is clear.

[nmh]

Just watch ... a judge will strike it DOWN and hand it off to the Federal level. They'll view it as discrimination.

[GSlob]

Well, when I came to the US, I could read, but having neither grammar nor active vocabulary, I could not speak or write - I could not have asked my way to a bathroom without making hand gestures [always misunderstood to my detriment] and mooing sounds [also misunderstood, and also to my detriment]. Thus the learning incentive was pretty strong. The Herndon administration is 300% correct.

[muawiyah]

Herndon is a predominantly immigrant town. Just about everyone out there comes from someplace else. Doesn't take long and you'll even find the Cambodian National Ballet members who found it a safe haven.

The Hispanics are a fairly recent although extraordinarily disruptive influence there.

[Myrddin]

When my great grandfather emigrated to the U.S. from Wales in 1863, he decided that his children would be required to speak English in order to succeed. He and his wife (from Aberystwyth, Wales) only spoke Welsh to one another and occasional at the local Presbyterian church where many of the members were also Welsh immigrants.

A few years ago I was patronizing the La Salsa restaurant in Mira Mesa (northern San Diego). I had been going there for 2 years and knew all the staff. One evening the cashier decided she was going to conduct the business in Spanish. I figured that if we could pick our language, I would pick my favorite. I ordered my food in Welsh. She looked perplexed. I suggested that we should conduct business in a language that we both understand. English would be fine.

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

It's good that most recent (legal) immigrants know the right thing to do. Although after being here for a generation or two the kids and grandkids seem to lose those values to some extent. They become too Americanized...

If I were to move a non-English speaking foreign country I would never dream of trying to force them to accommodate my language. I'd learn theirs.

[the final gentleman]

"The beauty of so many cities and towns enacting their own ordinances is that the ACLU doesn't have the resources to go after all of them"
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Such beauty in small communities is the stuff that stoked the fires of great revolutions.

Our local governments can be held accountable by us if they fail to follow the contract we made with the federal government back in 1776.

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

LOL!!! Good one. I hope that she learned her lesson...

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

Our local governments can be held accountable by us if they fail to follow the contract we made with the federal government back in 1776.

And that's EXACTLY what happened in Herndon last election (one year ago?). The pro-illegal immigration city council was tossed out on their butts because they decided that they wanted a city run illegal alien work center.

The city of Gaithersburg, MD just canned their illegal alien work center plans (to be harshly condemned by a Washington Post editorial).

Sadly there are already half a dozen county operated illegal alien work centers around Washington D.C. The liberal counties have yet to be stopped.

[TheLion]

Ping!

[Holly_P]

Just curious. Why "mooing sounds"?

[GSlob]

Well, try to express yourself orally in some language you do not yet know - say, Chinese or Swahili [or any other, whichever you pick] - the sounds one would be making would indeed be best described as "mooing"- somewhat figuratively, true, but only somewhat.

[oldbill]

The beauty of so many cities and towns enacting their own ordinances is that the ACLU doesn't have the resources to go after all of them.

True, but there aren't enough such towns, so the ACLU has the upper hand right now.

So the rest of you have to get together in your local community and start doing the same thing and bleed the ACLU and La Raza dry.

Burke said that all it requires for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. So stop cheering from the sidelines and get in the game. Bush and the RINOs and the Dems aren't going to do it. It will have to be you.

[Holly_P]

Thank you. You certainly write well.

Some people have a knack for new languages, I'm not one of them though.