Well, Liztress has her reasoning. You wanted to separate her from her precious Moo-tin, and she most likely felt that you threatening her poor, orphaned bovine was incredibly scary, since you politicians have scary, behind the scenes powers. It might have been her only choice.

As for me, I feel that you're way too outspoken against the mafia to NOT be a part of them. No one that outspoken against the mafia can't NOT have ties to them.