ent to the "English-Only" contingent--they have perpetuated multiculturalism and bilingualism at the same time, all at tax-payer expense. What this contingent doesn't recognize, however, is that the majority of San Antonio's residents will be more literate because of the city's attempt to reach out to its Spanish-speaking neighbors to the South.
Back in Monterey Park, California, the politics of "us versus them" continue to divide the city:
"The English-Only movement here was very divisive," recalls former mayor Judy Chu, now a city council member. A six-fold increase in Asian immigrants in this community east of Los Angeles over five years had left white residents a significant minority. A vocal faction backed then mayor Barry Hatch in proposing various ordinances to make English official, from street signs to materials in libraries and schools. One resolution eked through, only to be repealed later when activists galvanized voters to overturn the rulings and turn Mr. Hatch out of office. (Wood, 1995,
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