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Spanish language signs to stay in Caldwell courthouse

03:11 PM MDT on Sunday, August 13, 2006

Associated Press


CALDWELL - About 20 signs written in Spanish will stay up in the Canyon County Courthouse.

That's despite the County Commission's decision three weeks ago to pass a resolution requiring virtually all reports, forms, brochures -- and signs -- in the building to be in English.

Commissioner Robert Vasquez, a strident anti-illegal immigration activist, says the existing signs will be left up out of "courtesy."

Only new signs will be printed in English-only, in a county where nearly a fifth of the population has Hispanic roots.

Critics say the English-only provision is unnecessary, unwelcome and racist.