In English, please Sep 16, 2009 | 3836 views | 1 1
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Dear Editor:  I received in the mail a copy of the primary
elections from the NYC Campaign Finance Board in English and
Spanish and another copy in Korean and Chinese.  What is going
on in this city? What a waste of money.  There are hundreds of
languages spoken in the world and in NYC, why not cater to them
all? New York has always had its foreign language newspapers,
radios and TV’s, and its ethnic neighborhoods, and that helps
make it the vibrant cosmopolitan city it is.  Official
government business should be in one language to unify us.  Did
you ever hear Mayor Bloomberg give a speech in English and then
repeat it in Spanish? Its more than I can take, no matter how
well intentioned it is.  Government shouldn’t cater to one group
because the others will demand equality. We live in one of the
most ethnically diverse cities in the world. Imagine what it
would be like if we didn’t have one language