I'm glad you like it! :) I wanted to experiment with a different background style for Hillside and The Glades and see how everyone reacted. So far the response has been positive, so I'll likely switch out the other locations too.
The cheese embezzlement is being strenuously denied, and in fact the representative is claiming that it's all a smear campaign orchestrated by his rivals. When asked about the claims of incriminating documents and rumours of impeachment, he had this to say: "Squeak." Strong stuff.