Your question reminds me of a story, Lightb.
There was once a community of frum, upstanding Jews who davened together in a proper shul but had no Rav. They all directed their Halachic queries to two brilliant poskim who lived a great distance away. While the poskim gave answers, they felt it advisable that the kehilla get their own “in-house” Rav. They conspired to no longer respond to shaylos originating in that community. The kehilla got their own Rav.
The End