Would it not be better to stay in your job to stifle an investigation.

Only if you are perfectly convinced you can. If you aren't, better to get the hell away before you get caught.

Now just hear me out maybe they felt more loyal to the out going mayor and left with him to send a message,

Then they told a blatant lie about the reason for leaving for no good reason. I see no reason to think that.

maybe they have been long time public servants like the previous mayor of 20+ years and are ready to retire

Then they told a blatant lie about the reason for leaving for no good reason. I see no reason to think that.

or maybe the incoming mayor is just a really bad people person and people don't like her

Then they told a blatant lie about the reason for leaving for no good reason. I see no reason to think that.

or maybe she was going to fire them to bring in a bunch of her cronies that are corrupt

Then they told a blatant lie about the reason for leaving for no good reason. I see no reason to think that.

or maybe this story is just a big nothing burger pushed by people with a divisive racial political agenda

You've given me no reason to think that. After all, most people seem to agree that this almost certainly is not a racial issue, but a corruption one.

So, we shouldn't think that their fleeing is evidence of corruption because you can come up with a bunch of crazy hypotheticals, all of which involve these people all agreeing to blatantly lie?

Either way I am glad I have aluminum foil stock because you keep me money. Nutter.

I will report the personal attack. However, given that the mods have ignored you making personal attacks towards me and others for months now, I don't expect anything to happen.