Mr Pickard knows very well what closure of any part of operations on whidbey would cause. He's basically spitting in the eye of any county or state agency as a loss of anything means less tax dollars generated and loss of thousands of supporting jobs and incomes. There are locations around the country that have had base closures and have never recovered. If he and his group had just taken all that wasted time, money and frustration to just move off island, none of this would be an issue. Never seen someone lead a group to force others to see things their way or else mentality. In the end, nothing is going to change.