IN PLAIN ENGLISH, HISPANICS LOSE AGAIN – Cochecton, New York
Tagged: New YorkPosted on: January 14th, 2007“This week, the Cochecton Town Board decided to make English the official language.
Why the Sullivan county rural outpost decided to take this action might seem puzzling. After all, only English is spoken there now.
…Manuel Perez of PODER, a Hispanic advocacy group in Newburgh, doesnt think Heinles words are hard to decode. People in Cochecton are saying in so many words, We dont want Hispanics, he says.”
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