I agree that they shouldn't have. Even some are in it mostly because of lust for power or greed, I have seen public opinions in social media force them to be more transparent nowadays.
By the way, at the end of the day, no matter how bad it was during the day, it's no longer bad when I can have a walk in my garden to collect and harvest legally raised and grown off-grid food in my garden in the city.
However, I look forward to the day I can be truly self-governance and off-grid in a rural area!
If things go their way. There will be no rural land left for any of us.