STUART, Fla. - A Stuart businessman said he is being evicted because he does not speak Spanish. Tom McKenna said he and his business, Seacoast Water, must be out of the building in less than a month on the property owner's orders.If only I knew some Spanish profanity...
McKenna said the property owner of the complex sent him a letter last month indicating that he only wanted tenants who would serve the Spanish community, WPBF News 25 reported.
McKenna, who only speaks English, has rented the corner storefront on Dixie Highway for almost a decade.
Monday, August 13, 2007
So much for English as the official language
I can't quite understand why we are punishing Americans for speaking the language of the land:
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Actually... the United States has no legal official language.
Though I'm sure this tenant would have cause of action in a suit for discrimination in regards to fair rental law. After all, if you can't keep someone from renting because of skin color, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc... then why should you because of language?
No Nick, but it should be the official language.
Wouldn't most Americans, like Bush, have to learn to speak English first? And what of some of the every day words that we use? Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Kenosha, Waukesha, etc.? Those words are not English words. Do we abolish those as well?
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