Conference Room One, Pittsburgh City Hall.
The campaign team brought by Karen Miller had taken over the room.
Over a dozen desks were pushed together, tangled with a mess of multicolored network and power cables.
Printers, paper shredders, and high-power servers emitted a constant low-frequency hum.
Leo stood at the head of the long table.
John Murphy, the Congressman running for Senator, sat at Leo's right hand.
He held a pen, his notebook filled with notes.
This change in seating arrangement would have been unimaginable just a few months ago.
But now, no one found it the least bit strange.
"Ladies and gentlemen."
Leo rapped his knuckles on the tabletop, drawing everyone's attention.
"The situation is clear. The suspension order from the State Community and Economic Development Department is in effect. Following standard administrative procedure, a review hearing of this level is usually scheduled three months out."
