Maria Cobarrubias... has built her general store into a profitable fixture in the Atlanta suburb of Norcross by catering to a growing Hispanic community....Cobarrubias was stunned to receive a visit recently from the local marshal, who fined her for having a sign with the store's name—Supermercado Jalisco—in Spanish....
Sgt. H. Smith, the Norcross marshal, said he has also issued citations to several Korean churches and an "Oriental beauty shop." Some Spanish words are "acceptable," he said, while others, such as "supermercado," must be changed....
"If an American was out there driving by, he wouldn't know what that was."
2/6/99
The Washington Post, February 6, 1999:
