Fran;
I hate to break your heart but as the local MSM is not telling you this, I will.  These "folks back in Virginia" got their own situation in their commons to deal with - NALF Fentress.  A lot more Field Carrier Landing Practice bounces than here.  I may be SOMEWHAT sympathetic to Ebey's NHR's plight but I can assure you the US Navy Fleet Forces establishment, the VAQ Wing requirements writers and others who think it's their job NOT to talk back to Congress have the upper hand.
Oh and the "folks back in Virginia" know if they knuckle under here, they'll be under MORE pressure in Virginia.  Yeah, I think if the good guys hold the line here we'll get Scenario A.  My question to folks like you and Mayor Hughes is, "What then?"
If I had my way, Congress would be holding hearings and showing some expletive aplenty leadership.
Joe