I can't say this was an unexpected move from ''the other side'', for the public this news won't come as a shock either, considering your background as director of Theodore Enterprises as well as being the financial manager of SLB, which pretty much completes the triangle. Apart from that there is no reason why you shouldn't have signed up for candidature, except that this alliance is controlled by one person, whom for a while now has looked like the center to the public as well. Everyone knows very well that you're one of the most inactive players in the server, for whatever reason, yet you still decide to run for mayor. Must've been a very strong individually made decision, right?
Regardless of that, I wish you good luck. I hope the FBI will not just check the criminal records of a candidate, but also the origin of the campaign money. The investors must reveal the resources of the money to those institutions responsible for making things fair for all citizens of Argonath.