Somebody is making up stories," said Alvarez... "What you got there is a bunch of crap."--quoted in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Well, yes.Three Valleys Municipal Water District I Director Xavier Alvarez made the above statement in answer to the accusation that he has claimed to be a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor. See our post from yesterday morning.
The Insider is well familiar with the beauties of ambiguous speech. In the blog business, you have to be adept at hedging and maintaining plausible deniability. (I said that? I didn't mean it that way!)
We believe this statement is an admission by Alvarez. Let's parse it: "Somebody is making up stories (yes, Xavier Alvarez). "What you got there is a bunch of crap." (the whole Congressional Medal of Honor fairy tale) Alvarez is finally telling the truth.
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We get the feeling you'll be hearing a lot more of this story as it develops. More people are coming forward who have heard Alvarez's claims, and we are sure there are some in Claremont.
Usually people spinning yarns don't stop at one fairy tale. You normally get layer upon layer of fabrication. From what we know, Alvarez's fabrications have been building for some time, elaboration upon elaboration. Already the Daily Bulletin has gotten him to admit that he was never in the military, and has raised large questions about his claimed membership in the American Legion. Look for a lot more fantastic claims to come out.
As if to prove our point, the news coming out today includes interviews with two veterans and one of his fellow board members, all of whom say they've heard Alvarez making statements about his combat military exploits. One interviewee said he and his buddies took to derisively calling Alvarez "Rambo."
What Alvarez's people don't want you to see: Our modest contribution to this dialogue yesterday morning was a set of three links to three web pages put up by a supporter of Alvarez. In what must be a record time of under six hours--even beating the City of Claremont in rapid response--the web pages were taken down by 5 p.m. Fortunately, the Insider is a packrat and downloaded the web pages and screenshots. They decorate this post. Click on the images for readable versions. By the way, here is a screenshot of the statement by the Alvarez supporter who put the web pages up, and who presumably took them down yesterday:
We get the feeling you'll be hearing a lot more of this story as it develops. More people are coming forward who have heard Alvarez's claims, and we are sure there are some in Claremont.Usually people spinning yarns don't stop at one fairy tale. You normally get layer upon layer of fabrication. From what we know, Alvarez's fabrications have been building for some time, elaboration upon elaboration. Already the Daily Bulletin has gotten him to admit that he was never in the military, and has raised large questions about his claimed membership in the American Legion. Look for a lot more fantastic claims to come out.
As if to prove our point, the news coming out today includes interviews with two veterans and one of his fellow board members, all of whom say they've heard Alvarez making statements about his combat military exploits. One interviewee said he and his buddies took to derisively calling Alvarez "Rambo."
* * *
What Alvarez's people don't want you to see: Our modest contribution to this dialogue yesterday morning was a set of three links to three web pages put up by a supporter of Alvarez. In what must be a record time of under six hours--even beating the City of Claremont in rapid response--the web pages were taken down by 5 p.m. Fortunately, the Insider is a packrat and downloaded the web pages and screenshots. They decorate this post. Click on the images for readable versions. By the way, here is a screenshot of the statement by the Alvarez supporter who put the web pages up, and who presumably took them down yesterday:
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