Flaw in Initiative

Re “Bilingual Ban Could Override Proposition 187,” Commentary, Jan. 9: Ron Unz, get going and change the initiative to eliminate bilingual education, to avoid the inclusion of “illegal aliens.” The last thing California taxpayers need is another faulty proposition to be stuck in court.

When the California school system has been given yet another dramatically below-average rating, it’s time to reveal and discuss the heart of the problem--it’s the “illegal aliens,” of course, and illegal children, at that! Come on, who wants illegal children in our schools when they can easily be educated in our streets? If we don’t have them to blame for the deterioration of California education, then we might have to take a look at the alternative explanation for the problem--concerned lawyers, politicians and other self-righteous demagogues who spend more time and effort at blaming the victim than getting things done.

MARIE GAYTAN

Downey