How I Helped Garcia S Mustache Get An Early Start

• Jesus Garcia (center) as a sophomore at Saint Rita High School, shortly before a dress code change allowed him to start growing his trademark mustache

My coverage of the mayoral campaign has focused largely on Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, not because we attended the same high school in overlapping years, although we did.

• AP Photo/M. Spencer Green
• Garcia yesterday at his campaign office

He chuckled when I recounted my instrumental political role in the birth of his mustache, which is now streaked with gray. One of Garcia’s attributes is his penchant for giving credit to others. He told me that he thinks the mustache has made him a more appealing candidate through the years, and that it was a good, full mustache in part because of its early formation. “And I want to thank you for that,” he said.