Comments on: Pahrump Passes ‘English Only’ Ordinance

By: UN

UN — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:07:11 +0000

Great Job Pahrum! Keep up the great work!

By: al

al — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 01:49:43 +0000

Have you noticed that there is a fair amount of incorrect English usage among the comments on this page, particularly those in support of the ordinance?

By: TC

TC — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 21:00:46 +0000

Just an update on the “English Only” ordinance. The newly elected Pahrump Town Board, at their first meeting, introduced a new ordinance repealing the “English Only” ordinance passed by the prievious Board. Hopefully the New Board will concentrate on bringing people together, inviting tourism to come play, & doing what they can to control gorwth.

By: lenny NJ

lenny NJ — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:02:48 +0000

SHAME ON THESE PEOPLE. THIS IS aMERICA, THE LAND OF FREE SPEECH. FREEDOM OF THOUGHT AND EXPRESSION.i WONDER IF MR. MIRAGLIA’S PARENTS WOULD HAVE LIKED THIS LAW AS IMMIGRANTS TO THIS COUNTRY. WOULD HE AND HIS COHORTS THINK THIS WAY IF THE IMMIGRANT POPULATION TROUBLING THEM WERE WHITE AND SPOKE SOMETHING OTHER THAN SPANISH. EVENTUALLY EVERYONE IN THIS COUNTRY MELTS INTO THE CULTURE AND BECOME “REAL AMERICANS”. MY GRANDPARENTS WERE EASTERN EUROPEAN JEWS. I AM SECOND GENERATION AMERICAN AND STILL I HAVE BEEN TOLD WE ARE NOT THE “REAL AMERICANS”..SO WHAT DO THESE KINDS OF PEOPLE REALLY MEAN?

By: michelle

michelle — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 01:02:35 +0000

If you don’t like it here, than by all means.
Why should I have to put up with someone elses ignorance? I didn’t choose to live in Mexico.

ThEn again… these are the same people who did their little useless protest earlier this year with none other than MEXICAN FLAGS!!!! If they’re so proud of their heretage than why do they not live there???

By: a p

a p — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 12:57:37 +0000

People should be allowed to speak in any tongue they please with no problems, but ENGLISH is our main spoken language. If you want to be in America, work in America, live and vacation in America, at least learn English. It helps us all understand and communicate with each other alot easier. Its only fair. I mean, when you go to another country not everyone you encounter will speak english so it helps to learn their language.

By: Veronica Lizeth

Veronica Lizeth — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 01:46:24 +0000

I was one of the students protesting yesterday at UNLV, I find many of these coments troubling and mere white supremacist propaganda, some of you say that we are not educated on what we are protesting about, in fact we are very aware of what we protest about, of how we feel, and no, not only MEXICAN AMERICANS are protesting this ordinance, please shake off your ignorance, people from all ethnicities, races, nationalities came together yesterday for one purpose, the end of discrimination, the end of oppression against minorities, against those who have no voice to be heard.
I have read the ordinance many times, I have even assited translating it in to other languages, and I understand the concept of it, the concept of ordinances like this is PURE HATE, nothing more.
Educate your self and liberate your self through consciousness.
Stop the ignorance and the hate that fills all of your hears, it’s just a shame that there is so much racism, xenophobia, hate, in our communities, in America today, just remember that ALL of us are America, that no one is more American than the other, that there are millions of Americans that speak more than one language because they happen to be more educated, and no one has the right to stop them/us from expressing ourselves in any language we wish to, because liberty of expression breaks language barriers.
We are not immigrants, we have a long history of existence in the United States, a history that is longer than the one of other races, our people have been here for not hundreds, but thousands of years.
EDUCATE YOUR SELF
KNOW THE REAL FACTS
You all are fed WHITE SUPREMACY
We are in America no in Nazi Germany,
White supremacy is UNAMERICAN, discrimination is UNAMERICAN, racism is UNAMERICAN, as Americans we should all take a stand against all forms of hate, discrimination, dehumanization, isnt’ it what we are all about??
Doesn’t our faiths teach us to be embracing of other people, regardless of where they’re from???
What is going on people???
Are you kidding me???
WAKE UP PLEASE!!!
Stop poisoning our America with all this hate.

By: John Martinez

John Martinez — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 01:30:11 +0000

You are a whole bunch of NAZIS!!!!
and a threat to America!!!
Who are the real terrorists???
YOU ALL ARE!!

By: Shawon

Shawon — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 06:52:52 +0000

Can’t they find something better to protest? For example, Chavez (the ‘president’ of Venezuela) continues to push for Latin American hegemony and is working trade deals with countries engaged in nefarious activities (Syria, Iran and Russia). Why can’t they protest that? Why can’t they rally their hispanic colleagues and convince them that a Latin American arms race threatens the fragile socio-political climate in Latin America - and will increasingly strain US - Latin American relations (when was the last time any of those countries gave billions of dollars in economic aid to Latin America). Oh, and if Mexico is such a wonderful place…why o why are they purchasing state-of-the-art Russian fighters instead of investing in their grossly dilapidated infrastructure, poor health system and overall increasing poverty? Wait, I know…its because US taxpayers get to do that!

Here is a thought…get an education in world issues and how they affect the social climate in OUR country instead of getting upset about Americans taking pride in being American and seeking a common identity…some would call this national pride. Further, have you even considered the problems YOUR children will have to resolve if we follow what YOU think an appropriate course of action for our nation to follow?

Oh, one last thought…before you orchestrate a protest, you may want to check the demographics. I felt discriminated against because there weren’t many - if any - African-Americans in the protest…and we’re always left out! Now I am pissed off. I am going to call the ACLU and some of my friends to launch a protest against the UNLV protest for racial discrimination…

By: GK

GK — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 02:06:51 +0000

Go Pahrump…its about time someone finally took some initiative to make a statement stating this is America. We all might not accept illegals in america, but if they spoke our language and tried to really be apart of this country, not just reap the benefits and have a better quality of life, Americans might accept them in our country. I wish Las Vegas would do it, just so we could see the outroar of people complain about racism and hate.