Myth versus Reality

Here’s a perfect example of the kind of “junk” that some bloggers will try to feed you. Notice the difference in that blogger’s opinion, and the reality.

Let’s start with the title, shall we?

“English Only” in Carpentersville PASSES!

It’s non-binding. It changes nothing. What’s with the celebration? There’s no victory there.

Moving on …

[President Sarto] wanted to vote on it.

Not particularly. He wanted the Illegal Alien Immigration Relief Act to be voted on. Sigwalt, Humpfer and Hinz, who all promised voters that they would pass it, all remained silent when the item was proposed. Aren’t these the folks that the anti-immigration folks voted in to deal with this issue? Now they won’t even talk about the issue you voted for them to support. Nice!

They voted on it, and now I’ll bet he’s wasting thousands of tax-payers’ dollars having the city attorney look for a way out.

I seriously doubt that he’s got anyone looking into it. It was a meaningless resolution. There’s no need for “a way out” because it was never “in”. But, Judy Sigwalt seemed to have no problem wasting taxpayer’s dollars on this meaningless bunk. Nor did she or Paul Humpfer seem to have any problem wasting taxpayer’s dollars on a campaign issue that they now won’t even talk about. Wow!

It’s so sad to hear that your village president is not concerned about the safety and well being of it’s employees and residents.

According to the Courier-News, Daily Herald, Northwest Herald, Kane Country Chronicle, Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune, it was concern for employees in particular that caused this to be changed to a hollow resolution. It was concern for both the employees who work out in the community and the residents that caused Sarto and Ramirez-Sliwinski to vote against even the resolution.

The Courier News’ resident pro-illegal flake reporter, Ben Lablahblahblah, tried to extract a negative comment out of the police and fire chiefs last week regarding this proposal, of course playing on the scanario that police and fire officals will NOT be able to provide services to their citizens in Spanish if this passes.

This dude needs to read more than one paper, and he needs to read more closely too. As I posted several days ago …

Directors from five of Carpentersville’s most vital departments have reiterated concerns that establishing English as the village’s official language would obstruct day-to-day business.

Again, not only did the Courier-News report this, but also the Daily Herald, in addition to mentions in articles in the Tribune and Sun-Times about the lack of support for a stronger measure.

On Fox News Chicago the other night, Bill Sarto talked about the millions of immigrants who came through Ellis Island and didn’t know English. That was a long time ago Bill, and that was the “legal” way to come here as well.

Right. But, there are many who do come here legally who still haven’t learned, or mastered, English. (Heck, there are many who have lived here all their lives who haven’t mastered English.) You better go to ICE if you want to have the citizenship requirements changed to require people pass an English exam prior to receiving visas or naturalization approval. Better throw some taxpayer dollars to pay for that additional cost, too. And, we better be sure we’re doing “random English testing” on all citizens because I swear that many folks who have lived here all their lives wouldn’t pass a test.

Yes, it would be good for non-English speaking citizens to learn English — and many Hispanics speak both English and Spanish — but for those who don’t yet speak English, there is no way to know at what stage of their language education they are at. Further, actions like this make the job of public safety personnel more difficult because even if people know some English, they may be afraid to even try to speak due to fear from the law. That is one of the reasons why those who proposed “English-only” backed down. Except they didn’t do so completely, so complications will still arise from this ill-advised resolution.

And finally …

Now it’s time to start doing the right thing. You don’t have much time left to redeem yourself in the eyes of the voting public…

It seems to me that he’s doing exactly the right things. Unfortunately, folks out there are caught up in the emotion of this illegal immigration thing, which Carpentersville is not going to do anything about (and which Sigwalt, Humpfer, Hinz and Teeter appear unwilling to do anything about).

Meanwhile, the “All-American Team” now agrees with what Sarto said 9 months ago. What the heck took them so long? Are the slow thinkers?

Today, Carpentersville sits exactly where it did 9 months ago. The “All-American Team” is now saying to wait for Hazelton to be decided — which is what Sarto said 9 months ago. The “All-American Team” is now saying that it makes sense to write legislation that will not result in a lawsuit — which is what Sarto said 9 months ago. Sarto said this is an issue that would divide the community. And that is precisely what has happened.