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Dear Mr. Miguel Perez: Let's get real, Hispanics can not be alienated as a voting block, because Hispanics are not a unified voting block. Their participation in elections can be described more as a tiny mosquito annoying the hell out of you, while it avoids the smach that will end its life, then a truck running you over, because of your lack of your attention. What should be addresse is the crisis affecting the Hispanic community for too long, instead of imagining some fantasy of actually tilting an election result when the weight just doesn't exist. The misconception that the United States is a Bi-Lingaul County misleads, and tramples more than benefit the Hispanic community. Recent accredited Hispanics who immigrated from Spanish speaking countries can not even assume their career path or economic social status because although the information is provided in Spanish most certifications and licenses required passing exams, and these are given in English. Unlike those entering the county speaking English, highly qualified Hispanic immigrants end up working in menial jobs. I see it every day, working as a bi-lingual clerk at the Hudson County Office of the Superintendent of Schools, where we provide information for Teacher Certification for the State of New Jersey. In addition, as a Hispanic born and raised in an inner city, know that the cruel, and really, inhuman treatment of children in homes of the Hispanic community takes years to overcome the effects and issues resulting from such treatment. Hispanic young girls are being sexually abuse and raped as young as six years of age if not younger, our young teenagers, lack education and responsibility entering into parenthood unprepared, many times at the urging of their own parents. How many of of Hispanic pre-schooler are being medicated even before they enter kindergarten? From the calls I've received at work, I can assure you, many. Hudson County is one of the largest Hispanic populated regions in the North East with 40% Hispanic population in twelve cities or towns, and alot of the recent immigrated Hispanic population are fully accredited with a 4 year college degree, yet it serves them no good in this county. I often wonder why the immigrate to this county, only to suffer. I recently met a fully licensed lawyer in Peru, working in a print shop, his wife a fully accredited teacher working in a sweat shop. Why is it that these happening occur within the Hispanic population in the United States is because of the misconception that the United States is a bi-lingual county. It is not. First we must address the problem that prevents an entire community from progressing, while unifying and instead of focusing on the rights those Hispanics that immigrate here illegally, we as a community need to learn to read, write and speak English. We need to raise our children in a loving and protected home, and in a nurturing and competitive community. We must encourgage our teenagers to obtain a college education, instead of ousting them from the home into unsecured relationships and unprepared parenthood. Let's stop fooling ourselves, our Hispanic civic representitives need to stop pandering our government elective official and must stop offering our Hispanic communities placebo substance instead of the real medicine (It's more like we need surgery - because we the Hispanics, need to irradicate these negative elements, that continue to hold our community down!) GADNYNJ