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Nashville council votes to make English city's official language
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published February 8, 2007
NASHVILLE - Nashville's city council has voted to adopt English as its official language, following similar moves by several smaller cities around the country. After months of debate, the city's Metro Council voted 23-14 on Tuesday to approve the measure requiring all government communications be in English, except when multilingual communications are required by federal rules. The measure moves on to Mayor Bill Purcell, who hasn't said if he plans to sign it. Council member Eric Crafton, the measure's sponsor, said the change offers an incentive for immigrants to learn English. "This bill says we'll simply do the governmental business in English," Crafton said. "If we shouldn't do it in English, I'd like for somebody else to stand up and tell us what language we should conduct our business in."
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