Will Kansas City Pochos Sacrifice Beer Money To Repair Our Lady Of Guadalupe Shrine?!?

As always, we start with a definition of terms, this time for the benefit of the gringos . . . 

Pocho is slang in Spanish used in Mexico to refer to Mexican Americans and Mexican emigrants. It is often used pejoratively to describe a person of Mexican ancestry who lacks fluency in Spanish and knowledge of Mexican culture.

To be fair . . . 

In the spectrum of Pochos . . . TKC is hopefully somewhere on the periphery if only because a causal mastery of profane Spanish-lish has proven effective to navigate through the metro and even lower Argentine. 

But I digress . . . 

Here's the more important question that should accompany this story . . .

WILL ALL THE POCHOS WHO VISIT THE WESTSIDE GIVE A BIT OF THEIR BEER MONEY TO HELP KEEP THE SHRINE INTACT!?!?

Probably not.

It's much easier to take chubby photos with homies than actually do something that benefits the community. 

And of course . . . Those weekend lowriders need rims. 

However . . .

We should also consider that it might not make much sense to maintain a shrine in a neighborhood that's now mostly comprised by hipsters making impressive real estate deals. 

Either way, this story caught our eye this evening . . .

John Fierro, the chair of the finance council for Sacred Heart Guadalupe Parrish, explained what works needs to be done.

"Definitely we need to address the ceiling," he said.

He went on to explain that the new roof is phase one.

What will follow is more work on some crumbling exterior and front steps. After that comes interior work and painting.

He also explained what it'll cost.

"According to the estimates we've received, it's just about $900,000," he said. "And that is inclusive of the exterior work, as well as the interior work."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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