Chief Romero, Part 2

I checked my voice mail after lunch the other day and found a message from none other than Xavier Alvarez. My favorite fibber said he’d like to comment on the spat between Pomona Mayor Norma Torres and Police Chief Joe Romero.

Obviously I wasted little time in calling back. When you see gold lying in the streets, you don’t question it, you just grab a shovel.

Alvarez said the chief is doing “an excellent job” and has his full support. As for the mayor?

“I’ve got to call her Norma Torres, not ‘the mayor,’ ” Alvarez explained. “I can’t give anyone a title when they don’t deserve the title.”

Yes, water board director-turned-defendant Xavier Alvarez was getting on his high horse about an elected official who doesn’t deserve their job. This was getting better and better.

Alvarez continued criticizing Torres, who recently withdrew her own endorsement of him. He added charitably: “We don’t really blame her because she’s got an IQ lower than gravity.”

So there you have it: a ringing endorsement of Joe Romero by Xavier Alvarez. I hope the chief forgives me.

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