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11-14-2006, 12:56 PM #1
Advocates: English as official language sends negative messa
Advocates: English as official language sends negative message
Kelsey Volkmann, The Examiner
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Nov 14, 2006 5:00 AM (6 hrs ago)
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BALTIMORE - Making English a city’s official language sends an unwelcoming message to Hispanics, advocates and local town leaders say.
“What kind of image does that create?” said Liz Alex, manager of the Baltimore Worker’s Rights Center for Casa de Maryland, a Hispanic advocacy group, of Taneytown’s proposal to make English its official language. “There are more positive ways to approach the issue, such as giving tax credits to employers who provide for English language classes for their workers.”
Westminster Council Member Robert Wack called English-only resolutions “thinly veiled racism.”
“As long as I am on this council, Westminster will never make English its official language,” he said.
Some foreign-born and native-born residents, including Elena Hartley, founder of United Hands of Carroll County, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the quality of life for immigrants, are worried about how such a resolution would affect minorities.
Hartley told Alex she was worried about how mandating English could shut the door to government services for her Spanish-speaking clients.
But Taneytown Council Member Paul Chamberlain Jr., who introduced the resolution to make English the official language for city businesses, said the measure is not intended to segregate.
“It’s not about illegal immigration. This is about unifying my community,” he said. “It’s a fact that those who learn English have greater opportunities.”
While the nonnative English speakers make up a small percentage in the city of 5,000 in northwest Carroll County — the American Civil Liberties Union estimate pegged it at 3 percent — Chamberlain said the resolution is his way of being “proactive” in anticipation of more immigrants moving to the area.
“Ninety percent of residents want this,” Chamberlain said, adding that he would support nonprofits teaching English to residents.
Taneytown Mayor Robert Flickinger dismissed Chamberlain’s proposal as a way to gain attention in his unsuccessful run for state senate this year, a claim Chamberlain denies.
Taneytown was expected to vote Monday night on the resolution.
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11-14-2006, 12:59 PM #2
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"BALTIMORE - Making English a city’s official language sends an unwelcoming message to Hispanics, advocates and local town leaders say. "
They are not welcome here.
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11-14-2006, 01:09 PM #3
To the Editor and Kelsey Volkmann of the Baltimore Examiner:
I would like to register a public and official complaint about the over bias displayed in Kelsey Volkmann's article of November 14th titled "Advocates: English as official language sends negative message"
Thankfully, the resolutions making English the official language of Taneytown, MD passed last night 3-2 as such measures are supported by 80-90% of the LEGAL American citizenry.
Your scathing biased attack is noted and the Baltimore Examiner needs to issue a public apology and take corrective action to restore ethical credibility. Perhaps Ms. Volkmann could use a refresher course in journalistic ethics.
In your attack piece, you placed five sources in this article that were opposed to the resolution and only one source that supported it! You gave those opposed to the ordinance the lead in and the wrap up of the article! You gave the opposition about 90% of the space in the article and Mr. Chamberlain, the council member that proposed the ordinance, about 10%.
Has all ethical treatment of the news left your publication? Such grossly distorted coverage belongs in the opinion section and should not be allowed to masquerade as a news story. The public is not interested in the political views of your employees as is so clearly represented in this piece of trash political hit piece written in your paper.
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11-14-2006, 01:10 PM #4
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“There are more positive ways to approach the issue, such as giving tax credits to employers who provide for English language classes for their workers.”
Where is the outrage of the American taxpayer?
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11-14-2006, 01:10 PM #5
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Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.
Theodore Roosevelt, Racist as Liz Alex I am sure would say.The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.
Theodore Roosevelt
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11-14-2006, 01:43 PM #6
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Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country."The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" ** Edmund Burke**
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11-14-2006, 02:03 PM #7
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11-14-2006, 02:25 PM #8
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Re: Advocates: English as official language sends negative m
LOL....Do you think they'd object to Spanish being our national language or the official language for whatever city or state they live in? I heard Jeb Bush made Florida's official language Spanish, if that's true, I haven't heard anyone object to that, have you? They have plans for this here USA and English just don't fit in!
See what the 10 good reasons for learning Spanish is, take special note of the last paragraph. I think they're aiming to eventually scrap just listing a few of our cities and states, they want the "USA" listed there.
http://www.studyspanish.com/topten_reasons.htmBe careful what you wish for...you just might get it!
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11-14-2006, 02:54 PM #9
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Some foreign-born and native-born residents, including Elena Hartley, founder of United Hands of Carroll County, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the quality of life for IMMIGRANTS, are worried about how such a resolution would affect minorities.
Hartley told Alex she was worried about how mandating English could shut the door to government services for her Spanish-speaking clients.
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11-14-2006, 06:38 PM #10Hartley told Alex she was worried about how mandating English could shut the door to government services for her Spanish-speaking clients.
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