I am surprised that you don't agree with the whole text. I am basically making your and IHDRs argument, just in more concilliatory tones and with a lot more realism.
Not sure about others, but I laughed out loud when I read the vote blip in the PR. With 80% of shares voting as a block, why bother... I rather them save the money that it would have cost to hire a firm to carry out a proxy that is worthless.
In all honesty, if you had a vote and the outcome would be as it is today (and it would!!), would you feel any differently?
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