Belmont Avenue Social Club

He chooses him above Doug, a well-educated, fast-talking, up-and -comer with strong support from the area's growing black districts

Doug has been waiting for this post for years, and when the opportunity arises to reveal a past indiscretion of Tommy's, he takes it, under the guise of saving Tommy embarrassment in the public eye

Politics is an intricate system however, and Fran sees Doug's ploy as betrayal, after the many years of support. Fran tricks Doug into revealing his true feelings about power and black and white politics, the catch being that Doug was caught on tape

Doug's threats to reveal the closed-door workings of the ward become moot when Fran holds the damaging tape. A black "outsider" is then picked to fill the spot, signaling not only a change in the ward, but a change in the future