WASHINGTON - Frederick County has become the first in Maryland to make English the official language of the government.
The vote was 4-1 on Tuesday, with the lone dissent coming from Commissioner David Gray.
"If you would stop anyone on the streets, anywhere, and ask them what is the official language of the United States, they would say English," says Commission Board President Blaine Young.
A public hearing regarding the issue took nearly three hours, during which most of the 19 people who spoke were against the measure.
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