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    Hispanic Roundtable founder criticizes English-only push

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    Hispanic Roundtable founder criticizes English-only push
    Friday, July 15, 2005
    A proposal to declare English the official language of Ohio is raising concerns in the Latino community. Some see anti-immigrant passions rising.

    The Ohio House of Representatives is reviewing draft legislation that would require almost all state and local agencies to conduct their business and publish records in English only. No more driver's license exams in Spanish, for example.

    "The idea is to encourage immigrants who come to this country to learn English and to speak English - mainly the Spanish-speaking people," said State Rep. Courtney Combs, a Hamilton County Republican.

    Combs said he fears Latinos have been slow to adopt the new mother tongue, and he designed the Ohio English Unity Act to ensure that Ohioans share a common language.

    Jose Feliciano, co- founder of the Hispanic Roundtable in Cleveland, called the proposed bill xenophobic.

    "I feel personally targeted - targeted as a Hispanic," he said.

    The Puerto Rican-born Feliciano, a partner at the Baker & Hostetler law firm, said most Latinos feel compelled to learn English so they can find work and help their families. They will resent the government pushing them to do so, he said.

    Combs shared his idea early on with the Ohio Commission on Hispanic/Latino Affairs, which is circulating a survey to gauge the opinion of Ohio's estimated 250,000 Latinos.

    Pricier back home:

    The old country is not as cheap as it used to be.

    Several Eastern and Central European capitals endeared to Greater Clevelanders have become pricier places to live, in part because their econo mies are rising with inclusion in the Eu ropean Union, according to the lat est cost-of-living survey by Mercer Human Resource Consulting.

    Budapest, Hungary, is the costliest city of the new EU nations and ranks 24th globally. Other European cities rising in Mercer's global rankings included Warsaw, Poland; Prague, the Czech Republic; and Bratislava, Slovakia.

    Bucharest, Romania, is the least-expensive European city, in 103rd place.

    Puerto Ricans may be surprised to learn that San Juan, the costliest city in Central America and the Caribbean, ranked 74th globally.

    Affordable Cleveland did not make the list. For results, search for the 2005 Cost of Living Survey at www.mercerhr.com.

    Arab voting power:

    The Cleveland American Middle East Organization is hosting its 25th annual Family Picnic on Sunday, July 24, and chances are your favorite politician will be there.

    CAMEO, a bipartisan political action group, is the oldest and largest Arab-American organization in Northeast Ohio. Its annual picnic usually draws many political candidates and elected leaders. The voter-savvy event runs from 1 to 5 p.m. at German Central Farm, 7863 York Road, Parma.
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    Hispanic Roundtable founder criticizes English-only push
    I assume that would be the square (block) heads of the round table!
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