Its not that we think its acceptable behavior its people don't know what to do about it.
I am a recent addition to Lisbon and having lived in many towns in this Country have seen allot of small town Corruption. The main problem is that people want to clean out the corruption but find it so invasive that everywhere they turn they run into a roadblock.
Like in another small town I lived in in N.J. what usually cleans up the town is someone in the town government that gets scared that if it goes to court they will be a defendant or someone in town government that is basically an honest person cant stand the corruption anymore and helps clean it up. Either by slipping proof out to the public or in some other way.
Best of luck to you I'm just glad I rent and don't own a home in this town.
Ken Smyth
Lisbon