Marty Golden’s Handouts are Translated? His Wife Said Translation was a Waste of Money.
WOW Marty Golden translated his handout in Chinese symbols.
Bay Ridge residents know this is a big step for Marty, as Senator Golden’s wife, Colleen was very against translating items into other languages because she believes it is a waste of money. She said, “English everyone!!!!”
Colleen Golden posted the above rant in response to a Facebook post by a Republican who was running for a County Committee position. The Republican Committee member commented about his name being translated on the ballot. Colleen Golden replied that translating the ballot was a waste of money and she used a lot of exclamation points to express her anger with the city wasting money on translation. Mrs. Golden wrote: You live here and should read it (English) and write it. (10 exclamation points)
Mrs. Golden also wrote, “Our Country is starving and the city is wasting money on ballots.”
Senator Golden’s wife blamed Mayor de Blasio for offering the translation on the ballots and “wasting money to do it.” After this appeared online, Senator Golden didn’t say anything. Senator Golden was silent.
When this incident appeared online, Andrew Gounardes spoke up – click here to see what he wrote.
Andrew Gounardes wasn’t running for office back then. As an attorney, Gounardes was easily able to quote the law. And Andrew Gounardes was not afraid to speak out against nonsense that is said in this community or written online. Online “discussions” like this hurt the next generation in our community. They don’t understand why Mrs. Golden would purposely try to exclude their families with the “English only” comments.
No one goes through life without the assistance of other people at some point. Learning to read and write English takes a long time, so I am glad their is help for people at the polls.
Hugs,
marlene
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