"Mayor Mare is an impossibility. An anomaly. She's an elected official, a group known for being full of myopic self-aggrandizing petty bastards, and yet she appears to be motivated by nothing more or less than the well-being of her fellow citizens. I've subjected her decisions to the most rigorous scrutiny, I've ordered the most detailed investigations on her accounting and—nothing. Nothing. The only thing Sky Scribe found was a minor discrepancy in the town hall repair bill."
"Well there's your in, then."
"The discrepancy is in the positive direction. It so transpired the Mayor paid for some things out of private funds."
"Ah."
"It's an affront to all sense and reason. This sort of thing just doesn't happen."
"Oh, don't be cynical. Selfless, civic-minded ponies do exist."
"'Course they exist, but they join the service, not politics."
"I see. You aren't cynical, you are just prejudiced?"
"Hey, I call 'em as I see 'em."