Here's an assignment for you aspiring novelists. When given the names and background information for four characters and a mystery involving all of them, write a scene that makes it obvious which of them should be believed.
Your characters are:
Anthony Jones. He lied on his job application to New Orleans City Hall by pretending to have a college degree and, yet, was still promoted to interim chief technology officer. A city audit found that he filed false invoices to cover up the high costs of the city's crime cameras contract and that he took an "unlawful trip" financed by a city contractor. In May he was arrested for knocking down and choking his ex-girlfriend.
Greg Meffert. He was the city's first chief technology officer and Jones' former boss. Meffert was the kept man of a city contractor and, while hosting a party aboard the contractor's yacht, pretended that it was his own. While still a city executive, Meffert liberally used that contractor's credit card. Charges include a kid-friendly excursion to Chuck E. Cheese's and several trips to strip clubs.
Mayor Ray Nagin. The party aboard the yacht was in celebration of his 2006 victory at the polls. Nagin took trips funded by Meffert's patron but says he can't remember them. Nagin will not produce his e-mail records but has sermonized about the importance of others preserving theirs. He hired a company to find his missing records, then fired the company when it suggested skullduggery.
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Source: nola.com
By: Jarvis DeBerry
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