Thread: Spotsylvania adopts English as official language

Spotsylvania adopts English as official language

Associated Press - September 12, 2007 9:25 AM ET

SPOTSYLVANIA, Va. (AP) - It's official: Spotsylvania County has recognized English as its official language.

Supervisors passed resolutions Tuesday night to recognize English as the county's official language and to join a coalition of local governments that will study legislative solutions to illegal immigration.

Spotsylvania Supervisor Chris Yakabouski was behind both resolutions, which passed unanimously. He is running for a state Senate seat.

The coalition resolution states illegal immigrants "may cause an increased burden on county-provided services, increased cost to the county and a potential increase in crime rates."

Culpeper's Board of Supervisors initiated the coalition.

Information from: The Free Lance-Star, http://www.fredericksburg.com/

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My kind of town ..... Let's hope the sanity continues to spread.

An apparent re-write of the above story includes this paragraph:

The resolution making English the official language, which is already state law, is largely a political statement. The resolution states that no county agency is required by law to provide translators or information and documents that are in any other language but English.

There are some lively comments written in response to the story.

http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/ ... omments=13

I just skimmed the comments, but it sounded like most of them were pro-illegal.