An Oregon paper was repeatedly denied public records. Its fight for transparency ended in a major victory. - Poynter
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"We started to really dig in when the engineering firm, we learned, was having trouble getting federal and state permits to build in the wetlands. And the engineering firm wouldn't explain to us what the problems were."
"(The local government) has no idea where that money is coming from and it is an incredible public works fiasco," Zaitz said.
"That raised new questions for us about, well, wait a minute? This is a major design firm. How can they not be doing the right paperwork?"
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