Prop 103 would needlessly make English the state's official language making it more difficult for non-English speakers to contribute to society and better themselves.
About Proposition 103
Prop 103 is Bad for Business
Arizona businesses should be able to market their products to speakers of any language. By enshrining this kind of linguistic discrimination into Arizona's constitution, you temper business and government's ability to communicate with consumers who plan to use our goods and services.
If our businesses and our government services are not able to communicate with non-English speaking constituencies – they will go elsewhere to obtain those services. It doesn't make sense to force our government and our businesses to conduct their business in one language. Instead, we should be able to do business with anyone – regardless of what language they speak.
If discrimination is enshrined in Arizona's constitution, businesses will think twice before coming here. Would, for example, a Spanish language newspaper or television station or call center want to locate in a state that looks down upon their language? Absolutely not. Moreover, would multinational corporations who do business with speakers of a variety of different language want to do business in a state that doesn't tolerate non-English speakers? Not likely.
We live in a global economy and Arizona must compete in it. In order to compete, we need to attract talent that speaks a variety of different languages. We do not want to make these people feel unwelcome or deny them access to state government just because they don't speak English. Prop 103 is bad for business and it's bad for Arizona.