I'm not sure that, even if EVERY resident of the town spoke English, the Hispanic population wouldn't feel threatened anyway, es.pecially kids!
But I agree that the sign should be taken down, and that is what has been decided. The sign will be replace by a complete sign in both language. . .because it actually didn't give all the information for "English speaking only" residents either.
You see, the top of the sign (in English) was for the play ground only. The bottom of the sign (in Spanish only) was a sign to not trespass for another area of the play ground that did REQUIRE a permit for EVERYONE. However, the English who didn't read Spanish would not have been aware of the requirement for a permit to use the other part of the play ground, and the Hispanic only saw the bottom sign, which made them believe that the WHOLE of the playground was off limit without a permit
Now, anyone who had followed the link and read the whole article would have known the whole story. . .just a test. . .especially for the "blamer in chief" in this forum, who obviously had to turn his blame on "the journalist!"
Well, Dear Doggie, the journalist did his job very well! In fact, some people were so offended by this sign, that they thought it could only be a "fake," but even a CONSERVATIVE journalist went and investigated, and took pictures at different time of the days. And the town has agreed to replace that sign by a COMPLETE sign that everyone can read.
You assume soooo much, dear doggie!
