{"id":1758,"date":"2025-08-11T13:43:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T20:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/oregon\/?post_type=issue&#038;p=1758"},"modified":"2025-08-11T13:43:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T20:43:21","slug":"anti-corruption-accountability","status":"publish","type":"issue","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/oregon\/issues\/anti-corruption-accountability\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Corruption &#038; Accountability: Working For The People"},"template":"","class_list":["post-1758","issue","type-issue","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"details":{"short_title":"Anti-Corruption & Accountability","summary":"We deserve a government that is as honest and hardworking as the people it represents.","helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<span class=\"TextRun SCXW93424120 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93424120 BCX0\">For government to serve the people, it <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW93424120 BCX0\">has to<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93424120 BCX0\"> be accountable to the people<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93424120 BCX0\"> and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93424120 BCX0\">no one else<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93424120 BCX0\">. 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