Monday, August 14, 2006

As reported by the Reno-Gazette Journal: "Businesses that have gambling
licenses in Nevada should have an English-speaking employee working whenever
slot machines are available to the public, state regulators said Thursday.
"The Gaming Control Board required the owner of a small Reno bar to have
someone proficient in English on the premises before allowing a slot-route
operator to run five machines in the bar. The Nevada Gaming Commission will
have the final word on the license later this month. ".Some American Civil
Liberties Union officials said the Control Board decision sets a bad policy
against the state's rapidly growing Hispanic population. It is questionable
whether the condition could be challenged, they said. ".The owner of Cantina
El Jaripeo on Fourth Street, 41-year-old Rodolfo Martinez, speaks limited
English. He brought his bilingual manager, 37-year-old Angel De La Torre,
and regulators questioned the two over De La Torre's hours. The bar is open
from 3 p.m. to midnight, but De La Torre said he arrives at 3:30 p.m. or
later after a shift at a local restaurant, leaves at 11:45 p.m., and only
works six days a week."