“ARMENIAN THREAT” CAUSES CARROLL COUNTY TO MAKE ENGLISH OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
TERT.AM
28.11.12
It was the Armenian threat that caused Carroll County Commissioner
Haven N. Shoemaker Jr. to act.
After hearing that a Washington suburb had spent a fortune translating
some land-use documents into Armenian, Shoemaker proposed an ordinance
that would make English the county’s official language, The Washington
Post reports.
The measure has opened a fierce debate in this once-rural farming
community, where the rolling countryside is now dotted with rapidly
spreading bedroom communities.
But Commissioner Richard Rothschild said the ordinance has nothing
to do with xenophobia and everything to do with common sense.
“If you immigrate to America, then you’re going to learn our language.
I’m not going to learn yours,” Rothschild said. “It’s simple – when
in Rome, do like the Romans.”
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