When Did This Happen?

In the aftermath of the Geno's "English Only" debacle, comes this letter to the editors of the Philly Inkwaster:


Geno's reality
The sentiment behind the "English only" sign at Geno's Steaks, no doubt, is real, but there is another reality ("In plain English: Geno's sign OK," March 20).

For the last 27 years, Germantown Friends School has participated in an exchange program with a public vocational school in a semirural province of Mexico. For many of those years, as part of an ethnic neighborhoods tour I conduct, I take six Mexican ninth graders to Geno's.

Most of our guests know little English or none at all. Some with my help and some on their own struggle to place their order, but do so without incident. Each time, the kids leave with a complimentary Geno's hat or T-shirt - and a feeling of accomplishment. They are here, after all, to try to learn English, and someone at Geno's seemed to understand that.

Bob Rhoades
Wyndmoor


The TrekMedic ponders:

No doubt Mr. Rhoades letter is factual. But one has to wonder why this kind of story never made it when the local liberal press was foaming at the mouth in its castigation of Joey Vento!

I can guess why,..can you? The phone lines are open, folks,....