Mustachioed Malingerer No More

Alvarez Arrives in Court Clean-Shaven
Still a Malingerer, no longer Mustachioed

The Daily Bulletin reports that yesterday, in Pomona Superior Court, Xavier Alvarez had his arraignment postponed to December 18, 2008. He was charged in September with misappropriating public money, insurance fraud, and grand theft of personal property in connection with the allegation that he fraudulently placed his ex-wife, Juanita Ruiz, on his insurance benefit at Three Valleys Municipal Water District, where he was elected a Director on 2006. In 2007 it came to light that Alvarez had been falsely claiming, among many other falsely-claimed things, that he had won the Congressional Medal of Honor. Turns out that is a federal crime, and he was convicted earlier this year.

The Bulletin says that before yesterday's proceeding, Alvarez was asked if he had any comments. He is reported to have replied, "Comments about what? I ain't got nothing to say."

We have covered Alvarez in this space previously, ad nausem. See here for one of the many examples, or search the blog for "Xavier Alvarez".

We can only imagine Alvarez clean shaven, and we do so nearby courtesy of Photoshop.

It may be that Alvarez subscribes to the "Tony" Rezko school of facial-hair innocence, reported here, under the subhead: "Can a mustache affect a person's credibility?".

Meanwhile, Xavier's patroness, Norma Torres, is starting her new job in the State Assembly

H/T to Meg for the appellation, "Mustachioed Malingerer"