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Betsy: Bonner GOP Disses ‘Fiesta’

The Republicans at (Bonner County Republican Central Committee) want to make it very clear that English is our primary language, and call our booths ‘Celebrate!’ and display some Arizona license plates if you have some to spare,” committee Chairman Cornel Rasor, a Bonner County commissioner, wrote in a letter to Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer. Rasor said, “Having a fiesta theme at the fair was OK with me, I didn’t even think about it ‘til somebody brought it up. But their concerns are very real to them, so I don’t want to downplay it”/Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise. More here.

Question: Have Bonner County Republicans succeeded in making "it very clear that English is our primary language"? Or in making themselves look petty & foolish?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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