ArticleFew Latinos attend Denver Public Library meetingsLa Voz, July 27, 2005 Few monolingual Spanish-apeaking people attended the recent series of meeting organized by the Denver Public Library (DPL) to explain the new plan to expand services in Spanish. The lack of support could mean changes in the plan, and perhaps even its cancellation.... "I am truly sorry that, in sipte of our best efforts, so few Latinos came to our mettings," said Agnes Talamantez Carroll, an independent consulting helping DPL to promote the new plan among Lations.... it seems the same Latinos who use the library services were not interested in the plan to expand services for them."... City Librarian Rick Ashton explained... the new emphasis is to... offer services in English and Spanish. ...Colorado Alliance for Immigration Reform and also Congressman Tom Tancredo... argue that no federal [and state and city] funds should be used to "help illegal aliens," in reference to the fact that DPL accepts the Mexican matricula consular as a valid ID form... Library director Rick Ashton plans to convert Denver's libraries to Spanish-language libraries. |