Prop 103: Arizona’s Official Language is Now English
The people have spoken! Prop 103 has been passed and English is now Arizona’s official language. What does this change? Due to this being passed the following changes will be made:
- Mesa, Arizona will now be Table, Arizona
- Casa Grande, Arizona will be now Big House, Arizona
- Aqua Fria Freeway will now be known as the Cold Water Freeway
- Estrella Mountain will be Star Mountain.
This is a joke by the way, but what exactly does this accomplish? I am sure the claim is that it will save the state money in that they do not have to print everything in English and Spanish and have to have translators. However, I think these laws get proposed and passed because people believe it will stop or slow down immigration.
Someone is going to read this and think “No Nick that’s not what it’s all about.” That, however, is assuming people read this blog. Think about this: we make these laws that make it harder for them to get into this country and laws that make it harder for them to even live in this country but what about the people who came here legally and have yet to learn English? Do they think that a family down in Mexico thinking about coming north to the US is going to think “Arizona is out of the question. We won’t be able to read any government documents” or “Screw that, we have to show ID to vote there.” They are not going to stop coming until Mexico fixes its economy and government. This concludes my random rant.