Hold on now, my friends! Lets' be fair to Jack Whetstone. It's exceedingly easy for ordinary, decent people to be taken in by Jeff Harris.
Mayor Ron, who we all support, was also a person once blinded by The Toxic Offender! Heck, he and Jeff even took a vacation together to Central Mexico!
It was when Mayor Ron "failed" to do Jeff's bidding, that Jeff turned on him. But Mayor Ron turned out to have a LOT more backbone than for what he's given credit, and he continued to do what he believed was the right thing.
And, he cut Jeff off at the knees, and has made it clear that Jeff should never again darken his doorstep!