Politician: libraries don't need to fund bi-lingual programs
Nov 16, 2013 16:40:12 GMT -5
Post by PurplePuppy on Nov 16, 2013 16:40:12 GMT -5
'Let that son of a b**** go back to Mexico': Local politician says libraries don't need to fund bi-lingual programs and pushes for money to go towards a new prison instead
By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 21:53 EST, 15 November 2013 | UPDATED: 21:54 EST, 15 November 2013
A small town in Louisiana has redirected funds that were initially earmarked for area libraries so that they will now help build a new jail.
One local council chair in Lafourche, Louisiana took particular issue with the library's bi-lingual program, citing it as a reason why the growing library budget should be cut.
'They’re teaching Mexicans how to speak English....Let that son of a b**** go back to Mexico,' Lindel Toups told the Tri-Parish Times.
'There’s just so many things they’re doing that I don’t agree with....Them junkies and hippies and food stamps (recipients) and all, they use the library to look at drugs and food stamps (on the Internet). I see them do it.'
Mr Toups is the head of the New Jail Committee, and they have been tasked with organizing the $25million facility that is expected to be built
Mr Toups and other proponents of the prison argue that by shifting the funds, they will get the total that they need in order to pay for the prison without raising taxes on area residents.
The Lafourche library system is already under budget after voluntarily cutting their costs in an effort to help with the area's growing deficit.
Organized: The local parish library system already cut their budget voluntarily and administrators feel they are being penalized for having their financial affairs in order
Organized: The local parish library system already cut their budget voluntarily and administrators feel they are being penalized for having their financial affairs in order
Controversial: Toups said that the library's bi-lingual program is aiding a group- Mexicans- that he thinks already receive too many government benefits
'One of the misconceptions out there, I think, is that we have nine new, modern libraries that are pristine and need nothing, and that is just not the truth,' Library System Director Laura Sanders told the Tri-Parish Times.
Ms Sanders argues that the library is being targeted because they have already handled their own financial issues responsibly, but Mr Toups doesn't see it the same way.
'They’ve got too much money,' he said of the library.
'We’re giving the public the chance to raise the jail money without raising taxes. Any blind man can see that.'
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By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 21:53 EST, 15 November 2013 | UPDATED: 21:54 EST, 15 November 2013
A small town in Louisiana has redirected funds that were initially earmarked for area libraries so that they will now help build a new jail.
One local council chair in Lafourche, Louisiana took particular issue with the library's bi-lingual program, citing it as a reason why the growing library budget should be cut.
'They’re teaching Mexicans how to speak English....Let that son of a b**** go back to Mexico,' Lindel Toups told the Tri-Parish Times.
'There’s just so many things they’re doing that I don’t agree with....Them junkies and hippies and food stamps (recipients) and all, they use the library to look at drugs and food stamps (on the Internet). I see them do it.'
Mr Toups is the head of the New Jail Committee, and they have been tasked with organizing the $25million facility that is expected to be built
Mr Toups and other proponents of the prison argue that by shifting the funds, they will get the total that they need in order to pay for the prison without raising taxes on area residents.
The Lafourche library system is already under budget after voluntarily cutting their costs in an effort to help with the area's growing deficit.
Organized: The local parish library system already cut their budget voluntarily and administrators feel they are being penalized for having their financial affairs in order
Organized: The local parish library system already cut their budget voluntarily and administrators feel they are being penalized for having their financial affairs in order
Controversial: Toups said that the library's bi-lingual program is aiding a group- Mexicans- that he thinks already receive too many government benefits
'One of the misconceptions out there, I think, is that we have nine new, modern libraries that are pristine and need nothing, and that is just not the truth,' Library System Director Laura Sanders told the Tri-Parish Times.
Ms Sanders argues that the library is being targeted because they have already handled their own financial issues responsibly, but Mr Toups doesn't see it the same way.
'They’ve got too much money,' he said of the library.
'We’re giving the public the chance to raise the jail money without raising taxes. Any blind man can see that.'
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