Some citizens fretted about unenforced building codes, the sheriff's refusal to investigate an incident, poor management of a private mobile home park, and mismanagement of water and sewer operations. Others complained about individual local officials, including allegations that one made disparaging remarks about a citizen in a public meeting, another trivialized a citizen's complaint, and yet another used elected office to carry out a vendetta against a neighbor None of the complaints resulted in recommendations for indictment by a criminal grand jury, but they resulted in better government. For a politician, knowing you're being watched is everything. In our democratic form of government, public officials, and employees must treat citizens with respect. Corruption is the worst form of disrespect.
Corruption can be graft or abuse of power and other unlawful things.
But not all corruption is unlawful. When something doesn't work the way it's supposed to work, it is corrupted. A computer disk can be corrupted. So can a county government. The grand jury is the people's forum.