Official English Official Result
September 22nd, 2007I spoke to one of the Las Vegas Republican Women’s clubs this week, and was asked about my Official English bill from the 2007 session. I realized I had never posted the “rest of the story” on my campaign blog, so here goes.
At the end of the 2005 session, I was mystified by the way some of my colleagues reacted to my use of the words “illegal alien” rather than the preferred AP Stylebook’s “sons and daughters of undocumented workers.”
I was still surprised at the fate of my 2007 Official English bill, however.
The Senate Government Affairs Committee watered it down to the point where it won unanimous passage out of committee, and nearly unanimous passage on the Senate floor. However, the chair of the Assembly Government Affairs Committee refused to schedule it for a hearing and it died.
December 10th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
I am with you they are “illegal” not undocumented. And who is the chairperson that would not schedule it for a hearing? The Government is completely out of touch with the needs of the taxpayers
February 16th, 2008 at 8:51 am
please let us know who the chairperson is that would not schedule a hearing for this bill thanks. One language unites us, two languages divide us. How come so many people who do not speak english are allowed to vote in Nevada how come we have voting booth in spanish when you have to know english
in order to become a citizen?????????.I,m outraged, I had to know englsih to become a citizen.
April 8th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
If I am not mistaken, Clark County Assemblywoman Marilyn Kirkpatrick chaired that committee in ‘07. Not surprisingly, she is a big supporter of the Obama campaign in Nevada. How sad that the even when the entire Assembly expresses its clear will, a single political hack can hold up the passage of a piece of legislation that is wanted by the majority of Nevadans. I certainly hope there is a plan to bring it back and continue to push it in ‘09. If the same shenanigans are employed to defeat the will of the people and their representatives, that must be made VERY public, so all Nevadans know who is the stumbling block to making laws in this State.