It's been a rough 2014 for Jose Solorio, the current Rancho Santiago Community College District trustee who made his name as a former SanTana councilmember, a state assemblymember, and the best political mustache since William Howard Taft. The bigote is gone, replaced by an upper lip that's far too sweaty for comfort. Solorio's campaign is facing a brutal attack by opponent (and current OC supervisor) Janet Nguyen. And even when Solorio gets a heavyweight in his corner, like he recently did when California governor Jerry Brown recorded some radio ads for him (currently airing on a loop on KFI-Am 640), the heavyweight goes Glass Joe on him in his effort.
How bad? Brown couldn't even be bothered to pronounce Solorio's last name right for the ad, pronouncing it So-LAY-rio instead of the proper So-LOH-rio.
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Here's the proof:
No one's asking for an Adolfo López Guzmán-style flourish. But even the most gabacha Coto de Caza housewife will pronounce Solorio's apellido correctly without even trying. How come Brown couldn't do the same–and how come Solorio's team couldn't be bothered to ask him to do a second take? But par for Solorio's 2014 course–and I blame it all on the lack of mustache. Hey, Jose: the election DOES take place during Movember…
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