It's a Dirty, Dirty place.
At this point, I think people in Durham view normal business practices and normal governmental procedures as the exception.
Instead of getting upset when corruption is exposed in that city - they yawn. Now, if they found out somebody did what they were supposed to and held up their end of the bargain - they'd be shocked.
Corruption isn't even News in Durham.
Seems like it's as bad as New Orleans or Chicago.