Wednesday, January 24th, 2007...6:57 am
Papas con Kielbasa
I never follow Phoenix city council races, but a corresponent up there in the Valley of the Yakes sent me some information on a certain Michael Nowakowski who is running up there. I don’t know much about him, but one thing is obvious:
He’s a Polish-Mexican like me.
For once, I can engage in genuine ethnic solidarity!
Nowakowski has been general manager at Radio Campesina for a couple of years and had also done work for the Diocese of Phoenix. His website boasts of membership on a number of community boards.
He doesn’t have an easy race. He will be running against Laura Pastor, who’s father represents the area in Congress.
I’ve been told that he is a fan of the Guadalajara Chivas. I’ll try not to hold that against him. So, that’s the team for the Mexican part, what about the Polish part? ŁKS Łódź?
Powodzenia and buena suerte, Michael.
NB - This is more common than you might think: the attempt by the Mexican government to poplulate Texas and New Mexico in the early 19th Century didn’t just recruit Americans, but emissaries were sent to areas like Bavaria, Bohemia and Poland (they wanted Catholics) to offer land to families that were willing to, in essence, “homestead” these areas. A book was released on the subject in the mid-1990’s called Poles in the Southwest. Also, discrimination against Poles by their Russian overlords sent many of them packing to various nations, including Mexico.
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January 24th, 2007 at 8:28 am
Off the topic, but in a real effort to learn to enjoy futbol a bit more, I adopted Chivas de Guadalajara, Chivas USA, Arsenal, and Italia Serie B squad, Arezzo as my teams.
Now I am trying desperately to learn more Spanish so that I can actually read about the Mexican League.
Besides Soccernet, does anyone know where to go to get good info. on the Mexican leagues (that might be understandable for this stuggling Spanish student?).
January 24th, 2007 at 9:33 am
Most of the sources of information I have found about the Mexican league are in Spanish.
Chivas USA? Chivas USA? I think I heard they won a game last year, but that could be a rumor.
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