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“ARMAND CHARMAYNE IS WITH A different woman each week."
Dozens of newspaper clippings of Manny with a different girl on his arm flickered across the television screen to illustrate the narrator's scripted words.
"Does our city need a playboy who makes empty gestures?"
Shaky cellphone footage of Manny down on one knee at the charity ball materialized next.
"Or does our city need a man who'll keep the city and its people moving steadily forward."
Preston Whitely stood proudly with his Stepford Wife and Disney kids.
"On election day, don't fall for the playboy on his knees. Vote for the family man who's stood strong on two feet for this community. Vote for Preston Whitely."
With the click of a button, the television flashed off. The silence it left behind was dark and heavy. In an a
