Thread: ENglish VS. SPanish in NC

Thursday, September 21, 2006Bad English
Raleigh City Council member Tommy Craven said the city should be teaching new immigrants English, not how to improve their Spanish.

So he voted against a program to improve Spanish literacy at Tuesday’s council meeting.

The free program would be open to anybody, including English speakers seeking to bone up on their Español.

As proposed, the city would provide classroom space at the Method Road Community Center. Wake Technical Community College and the Mexican Consulate in Raleigh would pay for upgrades to the space and equipment, including computers, with grants.

Craven figured there would be some cost to the city. Jack Duncan, the city’s parks and recreation director, said it would cost $25 to $35 an hour to rent the classroom space.

“I would far prefer we teach them bad English than better Spanish,” Craven said.

But he was the lone naysayer. The council voted 7-1 for the program.

http://blogs.newsobserver.com/wakepol/i ... &tb=1&pb=1

time to vote some idiots out of office

Is he the person who said they should load school buses with illegals and send them south? It was after a 3 hr traffic tie-up on the beltline when an IA wrecked and ran.

Spread the word to everyone you know. Gte out and vote Nov. 7th!

D.W.

WRT the Spanish as a First Language class, it will be easy --
if you don't live in Craven's district like I do, just vote against
the incumbent. Craven was the lone ney vote.