Each year the transparency, and open debate, diminishes.  We have become happy with the decisions of a few made in private.  As long as the WAM and FIN chairs are competent and able to satisfy the needs of major stakeholders and address issues of importance, we are indifferent to the lack of participation by other legislative members.  But if in some time in the future the product and decisions are not as thoughtful, we will rue the day we accepted a "none of your business" approach to lawmaking.