Roll the Dice
Fiery Seas Publishing
November 28, 2017
Political Thriller
What
happens when one of America’s biggest rock stars leaves the Las Vegas stage to
run for the United State Senate?
The
ultimate celebrity candidate, Tyler Sloan is no stranger to politics – his
estranged father was a California governor who narrowly lost a Presidential
campaign. He runs as a political independent, refuses campaign contributions,
and dismisses special interests and lobbyists.
Sloan
is caught in a political campaign fraught with; sexual scandal,
corruption and conflicting loyalties. Will he be able to navigate
through political turbulence and his own past to win the race?
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FROM ROLL THE DICE BY WAYNE AVRASHOW
CHAPTER FOUR
Sloan
eyed Chris Collins deliver her remarks with pitch-perfect tone and cadence.
Republicans were breathing rarified air as Collins led in the early polling.
Sloan studied her as she bolstered her words with gestures, timely pauses, and
full smiles—a performance that held all the spontaneity of an Olympic
synchronized swimmer.
Rogers’s remarks were an octave too
loud as he nailed every touchstone of the progressive agenda. When he began
citing a boring laundry list of his voting record, Sloan’s confidence spiked;
his opponent was as thrilling as a mashed potato sandwich.
Sloan rose from his seat as Rogers
and Collins cast steely glances toward him in a prefight staring down of an
opponent. Sloan returned a playful nod to Rogers and a quick smile toward
Collins.
The union delegates greeted Sloan
with a thunderous ovation. Many delegates hoisted pre-printed signs in the air
that read, “I Believe!” Approaching the lectern, Sloan stooped to autograph
numerous Teamster caps that were thrust toward him.
Sloan understood that public
speeches were not analogous to the child's game of skipping rocks on a lake’s
surface and watching the resulting ripples. Once released in the public domain,
the speaker “owned” those ideas, and proposals dismissed as “silly” could
guillotine a public career.
“Good
to be back,” Sloan opened with a broad smile. “I haven’t been on a Vegas stage
for . . . what? Five weeks?”
Sloan noticed the near-hypnotic nods
of a middle-aged woman who gazed upward from the front row. He understood how
any brush of her pedestrian life with his celebrity would bestow upon her an
ephemeral wisp of status to share tonight on social media and to regale her
co-workers at tomorrow’s coffee break.
About the Author:
Wayne
Avrashow was the campaign manager for two successful Los Angeles City Council
campaigns and a Deputy/Chief of Staff to those two elected City Council
members. He served as a senior advisor for a successful city-wide referendum in
the City of Los Angeles, co-authored ballot arguments on Los Angeles
County-wide measures, served as Chairman for a Los Angeles County ballot
measure, and was a Los Angeles government Commissioner for nearly twenty years.
He currently serves as a Board Member of the Yaroslavsky Institute, a public
policy institute founded by long time Southern California elected official, and
now UCLA professor, Zev Yaroslavsky.
His
background in politics, government, business, and law provides unique insight
into the machinations and characters that populate political campaigns.
Wayne
is a practicing attorney who specializes in government advocacy, real estate,
and business law. Formerly, he was an officer in two real estate development
firms. As a lawyer-lobbyist, he has represented clients before numerous
California municipalities and in Nevada and Idaho. He has lectured at his law
school and taught at Woodbury University in Los Angeles. He has also authored
numerous op-ed articles that appeared in daily newspapers, legal, business, and
real estate publications. In addition, he is the author of a
self-published book for the legal community, Success at Mediation—10 Strategic
Tools for Attorneys.
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