[Sca-cooks] OT OOP "Official Language" was Sevilleorangesubstitutions

[Terry Decker]

>But these are businesses, not private residences.
>Perhaps the businesses had PO Boxes?

Even so, businesses would probably be receiving junk mail.  More likely, no
one has done a correlation between the PO database and the municipal
databases.

>> Was the legislation just created to correct the
>> problem or were there
>> reports and hearings to outline the scope of
>> the problem and the suggested
>> corrective measures.
>
>I believe that this was done as a ballot issue.
>So the people who voted decided.  Here is the
>racial breakdown of Monterey Park from their
>current website:
>
>Race                        Number      Percent
>
>White                       14,207 23.7
>Black or African American   405 0.7
>American Indian and Alaska Native
>                            623 1.0
>Asian                     38,205 63.6
>Native Hawaiian and Other Pac. Isldr.
>                            155         0.3
>Some other race/Mixed race  8,585 14.3
>
>Here is the list of elected officials:
>
>    * Mayor Sharon Martinez
>    * Vice Mayor Mike Eng
>    * Council Member Benjamin "Frank" Venti
>    * Council Member Betty Tom Chu
>    * Council Member David T. Lau
>    * Treasurer Mitchell Ing
>    * City Clerk David Barron
>
>
>Being a retired
>> bureaucrat, if the latter aren't
>> present, then I believe there may be
>> politicians with ulterior motives
>> involved.
>
>With four of the seven elected officials being
>Chinese, I really doubt ulterior motives, as lest
>from the City Council.  However, the PD and the
>FD are contracted out from Los Angeles County.
>Whether they had ulterior motives, I don't know.
>
>Huette

A ballot issue doesn't say whether a proper study was done.  I've seen a few
ballot issues that should have been left in the dustbin.

What is more telling is the high percentage of Orientals in the area.
Obviously the issue could not have passed without their support.  From other
things you said and the way the vote turned out, I would say there are
issues between the older Oriental communities and the new immigrants.  I'd
almost bet that all those Oriental politicians are second generation or
later.

Bear