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Look, this ballot measure is RACIST. PERIOD. There are no provisions dealing with the age of the student upon entering a U.S. public school, nor any child with a learning disability. I listened to the program and it sounds to me like Mr Hickey has a personal problem that his own son's TAG program, he feels, is not being properly funded. The fact is that these kids WANT to learn english. Most of them exceed expectations anyway. But for a kid who might need extra time, I think it's a bad idea to cut them off after two years. I think a bilingual culture in the U.S. is fine. I do not like the mentality of this superior English-only imperial, nationalistic view. It's time to wake up and quit denying reality. We have more and more Spanish speakers moving here. Why does this threaten you?

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