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In Nashville, a Ballot Measure That May Quiet All but English
Grant Barrett
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2009/01/11 - 10:45am

In Nashville, a Ballot Measure That May Quiet All but English. “In a proposal that has defined him publicly and dominated local politics for two years, Mr. Crafton hopes to make Nashville the largest city in the United States to prohibit the government from using languages other than English, with exceptions allowed for issues of health and safety.”

Edited to fix the link.

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2009/01/12 - 7:57pm

Grant, that link isn't working.

Crafton's claim: "I happened to see a state legislature meeting in California where several of the state representatives had interpreters at their desk because they couldn’t speak English" has apparently been debunked, see here.

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