Calif. Senate votes to bar use of Redskins as school name

[Kadie]

Calif. Senate votes to bar use of Redskins as school name

By STEVE LAWRENCE, Associated Press Writer


Last Updated: August 16, 2004, 03:25:16 PM PDT


SACRAMENTO (AP) - The state Senate voted Monday to bar public schools from using Redskins as a team or mascot name, agreeing with the measure's supporters that the term is offensive to Indians.

"Would you call somebody a redskin?" asked Sen. Richard Alarcon, D-Van Nuys. "I don't believe you would. Why? Because you know it's wrong. If you know you would not call somebody a redskin then why allow them to make redskin a mascot?"

The bill, by Assemblywoman Jackie Goldberg, D-Los Angeles, was approved 22-10 and returned to the Assembly for a vote on Senate amendments. Approval there would send the proposal to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The legislation failed the first time it was taken up by the Senate, falling four votes short of the bare majority needed for passage on Aug. 5. But Goldberg predicted that absent lawmakers would provide the missing votes the second time around.

http://www.modbee.com/state_wire/story/9002954p-9897519c.html

[displacedtexan]

1. It's about bloody time!

I'm going to send Alarcon an email! He's my Hero Of The Day!