Via the AP: Councilman asks Geno’s to lose ‘Speak English’ sign

Vento, whose grandparents struggled to learn English after immigrating from Sicily in the 1920s, said he posted the sign about six months ago amid concerns over immigration reform and the increasing number of customers who could not order in English.

Several things occur to me:

1) It’s his restaurant–if he wants to put the sign up, it’s his business.

2) However, since the goal of a business is to make money, it would seems that being divisive wouldn’t be good for business.

3) Of course, if a person tried to order in a a foreign language, they aren’t likely to get what they want, now are they? As such, what’s the point?

4) And I know that this will hack off folks in Philly: but a bunch cheese whiz blasted onto a sandwich jut sounds gross.