Silver City Page #7

it's that you know a good investment

when you see one.

A big part of our agenda

is up and rolling on a federal level...

but it's high time we had somebody

running this state...

who's a hundred percent

behind the program.

Hear! Hear!

This has required a great commitment

of time and finances...

from each and every

one of you.

And despite the attack

on our rights by Proposition 27...

you folks went out and you shook

the money tree like never before.

So I'm here to present

our next governor...

a young man who...

well, who's almost

as good-looking as his father.

Richard Pilager!

I know none of you came here

to listen to another speech.

But I'd just like to say

how much I appreciate...

your support in this... effort

we've got going...

to bring sober, responsive government

back to this great state.

And you might as well

pledge some money...

to my daddy's next campaign

while you're here.

Thank you.

So, Mr. Benteen.

How's it look for

the Prospectors this year?

- You a fan?

- Sure.

Why?

They're fun to watch.

More fun when they win

than when they lose.

- Sure.

- Nothing to be ashamed of.

It's basic human behavior.

You can always pull

for the underdog.

Americans don't have the patience

for underdogs they used to.

They don't?

A coach goes three seasons

without a ring, he's out on his ass...

as he should be.

Hendrickson has been off

for how long now?

Hendrickson isn't coming back.

People want to back a winner.

They need to feel a part

of something bigger than they are.

They used to advertise

the quality of a product...

tastes great,

whitens your teeth...

shaves close,

rides like a dream.

Now what do they push?

America's number one soft drink.

Best-selling mid-sized utility vehicle.

It isn't "buy the product."

It's "join the club."

You make people feel part of a winner,

they'll follow you anywhere.

You a winner, son?

I like to think so.

Good boy.

You know, Dickie is not really

a fine print kind of guy.

He's more intuitive.

My people have whittled the regs down

pretty much to where we want them to be.

It's fairly simple stuff.

"Environmental Heritage Initiative."

Yeah, we thought it sounded better than

"Developers' Bill Of Rights."

You breathe the word "deregulation,"

certain parties get a little uppity.

- What is he doing here?

- You know him?

His agency is looking into

something for us.

Really? Good luck.

What does that mean?

He used to be a reporter.

O'Brien.

Till he screwed the pooch

and bankrupted his paper.

Grace Seymour hired him

on the rebound.

And when was all this?

I'm surprised you could find me.

You must be some kind of detective.

So this Lzaro could have

worked in a kitchen?

They bus them up

from Carbonville every day.

Resort towns run

on frijole power, man.

The richer the Anglos are...

the more of mis hermanos del sur

they got working for 'em.

- Your restaurant caters too?

- I'm moonlighting, man.

They're doing a big renovation.

I got two weeks off starting tomorrow.

I figured I go up to Black Hawk...

hit the casinos before my ex-wife gets

ahold of my paycheck.

How would you like

to work for me?

You know who most

of the labor contractors are.

What's it pay?

Whatever you make a day

at the restaurant, plus 20.

- Private eye, huh?

- Looks good on the rsum.

I'm thinking

about the chicks, man.

In the movies, those cabrones

make out like crazy.

You speak the language.

You know how to get around.

So what happened to this Lzaro Huerta

that he's not breathing no more?

Multiple fractures, busted skull,

punctured lung.

Still want the job?

Thanks.

Why did she dump you?

- Debbie?

- Yeah.

Maybe she figured out I was always gonna

treat her like the consolation prize.

I mean, after you,

I kind of retired, emotionally.

We were... I don't know.

Incompatible?

We had our issues.

She seemed way too structured

for someone like you.

Why did you dump me?

You were so down on yourself...

so convinced

that you were a loser...

that I started

to agree with you.

- I was a loser.

- You lost a job.

You were moving up,

and I was moving down.

And I didn't quit the paper when

you were fired. That wasn't loyal.

- I deserved to be fired.

- You were set up.

And I was ambitious.

So, are you marrying this guy?

Seems like the mature thing

to do, yeah.

- That sounds exciting.

- Come on, Danny.

It's not earth-shaking

between us, but...

Romance is for kids.

We like to ski.

We like to travel.

He's a corporate mouthpiece.

And I'm a part of

the entertainment business.

What else do you think

is out there?

Look, I hope you're happy with it.

No, you don't.

Come on up. There's somebody here

I'd like you to meet.

- Stay in touch. Okay?

- Yeah.

I've never been so close before.

I know how much

this means to you.

The county commission

went off walking on air...

when Chuck Raven

brought Dickie Pilager to the table.

That was a nice thing for him to do.

Nice? I'm paying Chandler Tyson

a fortune for that kind of access.

- A fortune?

- A slice of the pie.

But they were starstruck, Gracie.

The zoning's in the bag.

These people

will bend over backwards.

You have worked so hard.

If we were

a little bit more liquid...

I'd sink every dime we have

into this thing.

Like you did that time

with the stock market?

Hell, it's more than the money.

I'm building a city, Grace.

A city.

We run something on the Web site...

information we've got...

we connect the dots...

and the guilty party,

they pretend to ignore it.

If they sue us, certain documents

could be entered in a court of law...

where if you deny things

it's perjury.

You gotta have the documents.

It's amazing what things are blowing

under my door and end up on my desk.

So, you plant the seed.

And the mainstream guys,

the print journalists...

they bring it to their editors

and their editors say...

"Cool your jets. This is too far out.

We don't have the resources.

We don't have the balls

to go after this kind of thing.

But track the story...

and if it ever breaks..."

You gotta have the balls.

So we keep accumulating the facts...

till the story is screaming out

so loud it's impossible to ignore.

And they run a little test item

on page six...

saying allegations

have been made.

Allegations?

It's beneath their dignity

to quote some cellar-dweller Web site...

in their hallowed journal.

But the bastards in power have to

publicly deny those allegations...

and then they're fair game.

First it's the columnists

taking potshots.

Then when they've got

the politicians on the run...

they use our legwork, our ideas to write

outraged exposs and win Pulitzers.

Then they gang up

like a pack of jackals.

But somebody has to plant the seed.

The seed of doubt.

He seems a lot more gubernatorial

with the sound off.

For a day is coming, my friends...

a great day and a terrible day...

a day when the skies shall open

and the waters shall part...

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