Check your town councils and planning committees. They’re full of them. We had a local issue here a few years ago, when the council made a massive decision without the input of the townsfolk first.
The very next time elections came around, every single one of those jerks was voted out. Every single one. Good riddance!
They’ve been spotted, and now they aren’t welcome to try that bs again. If they ever run for election for something else, I’m pretty sure there will a big stink. The gloves will come off and they’ll be made into mincemeat.
Should have ran them out of town.