Ousted for speaking English: Floridian now national focus

WorldNetdaily.com ^ | August 8, 2007 | Joe Kovacs

[Man50D]

STUART, Fla. – A South Florida man who claims he's being evicted from his place of business because he speaks no Spanish – just English – has suddenly become the focus of national debates over illegal immigration and property rights.

Tom McKenna, owner of Seacoast Water Care is getting requests from media outlets across America to tell the story of how his landlord at the Ellendale Center wants him out of his office space by the end of the month, in order to "complete [his] vision of converting the center to quality tenants serving the Spanish need in the area."

"I guess I don't serve the 'Spanish need,' whatever that means," McKenna told the Stuart News in a story published Sunday. Since then, the saga has been prominently featured on websites including WND and the DrudgeReport, and now McKenna is making the rounds on the television-news circuit, both on Florida stations as well as national networks.

"That's just a kick in the face to me. Like, what am I? Just really been a bad tenant for like the last seven years?" McKenna told WPBF-TV, the ABC affiliate in West Palm Beach. "Because somebody comes in here and says, 'Hey, you know I like that corner store where that Seacoast Water is there, and now we have a full-service plaza serving the Spanish needs in here, we need to get him out of there."

McKenna's water-conditioning business shares the same building as a check-cashing store and a Mexican restaurant, both of which feature signs in Spanish.

[Talking_Mouse]

No, we landlords do not have the right to pick our tenants. If I refuse to rent to a Mexican, I can get into trouble. Then, once I get him in the building, I have to worry about collecting the rent. They have no conception of paying their bills. When that landlord in Florida goes bankrupt, then we’ll have the last laugh!

The Florida landlord (Munroe) thinks Mexicans are good tenants:

But what Munroe said about prospective tenants is the real clincher.

"Mexican people come in, you know they're going to stay. You know they're going to pay the rent," Munroe said.

[gubamyster]

ping

[ZULU]

Porque???

Jorge El Segundo, donde esta Usted?

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Ethnic discrimination.

[tutstar]

bttt

[dcwusmc]

Depends. Is there a lease involved? If so, what are the terms? When does it expire? What penalty clauses are there for breaking it by either party???

[ExGeeEye]

1. I stand corrected.

2. I stand behind this one.

[sport]

The inteligence level of the average American voter os so low that will never again happen in the U.S.

From this point on, the American voter will only elect those who say that they will take care of them best.[To wit] “Free” medical care, housing, jobs,legal narcotic drugs, ect.

The average American no longer has the intelligence or will to live free and be self reliant. They had rather live as slaves.