Economy.  The next largest Whidbey Island private economic sector totals a mere $66M (see Island County Economic Development Council, Dec 2013 report for figures; note, a generous 2.0% annual economic expansion would place this number at ~ $70M for 2016). -- $1.2B surpasses all other Island County economic sources combined. What does $1.2B and 10K jobs buy in terms of government services, infrastructure, business opportunity, health care, schools, mortgages, lives, community organizations…?   A Fortune-500-level economy is not an idle description.