The below article tells me we have taken "diversity" too far and it is now becoming a burden on our schools and various other services with no SIGNIFICANT help in acclimating non-English speaking refugees and immigrants.

I don't care if my statements are politically incorrect or not, but South King County is slowly losing its tax base and income potential because of all this "diversity."

We place no requirements for newly arrived persons to learn English, thereby delaying their adaptation to OUR Country and its rules/regulations. A few years ago I thought that multi-culturism was a good idea but with new information I find this philosophy has failed but no one is honest enough to admit it.

The concentration of differing cultures in one area (South King County) has caused significant degradation in our education system and the need for non-tax paying services/businesses/entities in our area. This has all been done before with similar results in the 60's as the white majority fled the inner cities to the suburbs/gated communities for better schools, etc. This same pattern gave rise to the gang culture and has not abated since.

We do not need "countries within countries." A common language has bound us over the 200 years of our history, yet we make feeble attempts to recognize this and keep a successful thing going. We now cater to those who refuse to adapt.

I would opine that an English Annex be established with INTENSE language immersion type training and be a requirement for those non-English speaking arrivals or they must return to their native land. I am sure this view is controversial but I maintain my own philosophy " if it isn't working, STOP DOING THAT!"

In summary I write this to you in the hopes that you also recognize the issues and that we need federal, state and county funding if our schools, property values, and quality of life are to survive the onslaught of refugees/illegal immigrants (legal immigrants are NOT the same) to our region. A reasonable dispersement of new arrivals makes logical sense but how that can be done is up to you. We have to start somewhere before we lose one to three generations living in poverty or on permanent government subsistence, all located in South King County.

Earl Gipson
SeaTac