Nice spin, Art. You do realize Babcock was nearly run out of MEA on a rail, right? He happily played henchman to Wayne Carmony there. Together they twisted co-op rules and turned what should have been a (lowercase) democratic institution into their own private fiefdom, where anyone not marching in lockstep was shunned. The convoluted bylaws they put in place over the years to protect "their" domain and allow them to run roughshod over anyone questioning them are still being unraveled to restore true inclusiveness where it should be. The guy is an absolute Machiavel, in every sense of the word, and it would not surprise me in the least if he were flattered by the description.