English Only Bill Dies In Senate Committee

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A state Senate committee has blocked legislation that would require the state driver's exam to be given in English only.
Published: Thu, April 24, 2008 - 10:11 am
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A state Senate committee has blocked
legislation that would require the state driver's exam to be given
in English only.
The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee voted 5-4 Thursday to
carry over the legislation. The committee voted by the same margin
to carry over a companion bill that would have required government
agencies to use "English only" in documents unless a federal or
state law required more than English.
The bill's sponsor, Republican Sen. Scott Beason of Gardendale,
said the decision effectively kills the bills because little time
remains in the legislative session.
Beason says the bills would unify Alabamians around one language, but Democratic Sen. Vivian Davis Figures of Mobile compared them to former Gov. George Wallace's stand in the schoolhouse door in 1963.



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Senator Figures should have to pay for all signs to be printed in the languages of her choice.  Of course, she better get started soon. She may not finish them by the time we vote to replace her.

Posted by Crystal Teeny on 05/15/08 - 6:17 pm • Report Abuse.   

Why would she refer to george wallace in her statement ? has she become ---------, I thought america was all races becoming a better people, with the freedoms granted to all to follow their dream’s with freedom of speech, freedom to be dumb or smart, freedom to be working or lazy, to respect other’s and promote harmony and understanding so we all have a better life.

Posted by justme on 05/15/08 - 5:54 pm • Report Abuse.   

I am doing one better—next election I am voting for anyone other than her.  She only got the job out of pitty anyways.  I am sorry her husband passed away but you are not getting me again.

Posted by asda on 05/15/08 - 2:59 pm • Report Abuse.   

What a crock!  She is the only one who can get away with a comment like that.  Why do Democrats want to ruin this country?  Why are they selling us out?  I encourage everyone to write her and let her know how incompetent she is, I know I am.

Posted by Boondock on 05/15/08 - 2:33 pm • Report Abuse.   

If they can’t read english why do they need a drivers license? All the traffic signs, street signs etc are all in english! (duh! they are living in the United States which last I checked we were still an english speaking country!) Or are we going to change out all the signs with and put multiple languages on them using our tax dollars? All the immigrants here in the past have had to learn to read and speak english to become a citizen, what has changed? Or are we talking about catering to all the illegals here, who do not pay any taxes but do use our “free” social services? I belive if they want to live here they need to learn to read and speak our language, and if they don’t like it, they can go back where their own country!

Posted by tekid on 05/15/08 - 1:24 pm • Report Abuse.   

NAW! It’s the IDIOTS that voted her into office we should be angry at. If we had enough pressure on our senators to see nothing she proposes or any bill she writes or supports will ever pass,then maybe they would vote her out of office. But little chance of that with all the DUMB and DUMBERS we got up there.

Posted by carl on 04/28/08 - 12:37 pm • Report Abuse.   

Amen to that atbman

Posted by Madcap on 04/24/08 - 10:54 am • Report Abuse.   

Why would Figures block a bill to limit the drivers test and government documents to be written in English? The duplicates in other languages only cost the tax payers more money to create. I cannot for the life of me see how this compares to what Wallace did. Can anyone explain the relevence between the two? To me it’s another minority dictating what the majority will do kinda thing. Figures is an idiot wanting attention. I cannot put into words how mad this really makes me get, that idiots like her actually make the laws!

Posted by atbman on 04/24/08 - 10:51 am • Report Abuse.   

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