Author Archives: George Phillies

“I, ummh, I’d like to read it first,” Drummond-McLaren mumbled. “And I might need, oh, until the debate, now three days out, to demonstrate how these alleged letters were forged.  It seems to me that we can skip this afternoon’s … Continue reading →

“Aston, why the devil are you over there?” Dummond McLaren shouted.  “You get over here and sit down on a rear bench, right this instant!”  Anyone who was in doubt as to who was about to speak had had their … Continue reading →

Speaker D’Angelo, wearing his snow-white frock coat and trousers, emerged from a hidden door and climbed the stairs to his pulpit.  From there he could look down across the rows of seats that stretched from front to rear of the … Continue reading →

&&&& DeWitt returned to her Executive Committee. “More campaign donations?” Ricardo Sanchez asked hopefully.  “I’ve been on the horn all day, phoning our regulars, telling the that if the vote carries we’re going to need a ton of campaign funds … Continue reading →

“Who didn’t?” she asked. “Our friend had part of the path, but did not happen to know the front end. “ Hughes sadly shook his head. “Mogado Bank of the Stars and Mogado Investment Trust are both fronts for the … Continue reading →

“Very well,” she answered. Grigsby escorted DeWitt down the ball to another conference room.  “I believe you’ve met Senator Hughes,” he said.  He passed her through the door and closed it behind her. “Aston,” Elektra said.  “It actually is a … Continue reading →

“Is it possible that people in the Stellar Republic were trying to warn him about what was coming, and that those hints fed into his B Team scenario?  He had no reason to suspect such a thing, so he would … Continue reading →

Gap in tale here Drummond-McLaren Speaks The sun was modestly above the horizon, throwing long twilight shadows.  The Great Stairs of the Union had been cleared of onlookers.  Behind Cedric Drummond-McLaren, a shoulder-to-shoulder crowd of National Renaissance Party supporters stood … Continue reading →

“We had an employee PAC.  The corporation supplied the PAC’s auditor, one might cynically imagine so that the former owners could be sure they were not getting stiffed someplace. The auditor received the mailings from the Drummond-McLaren campaign fund, so … Continue reading →

“That’s the best sort of deal,” Chelan answered.  “I don’t have any names, but I suspect that Elaine Bell does.  In North California, we can even ensure, legally, that the person is a staunch supporter of the National Renaissance Party.  … Continue reading →