No, never spoke to the CEO. Was working the day of the forum so no I did not attend. No, I am not related to Dave nor and I "in his pocket". I have spoken to him on several occasions.
If you were following you would know that I formed my opinion after the Forum. I was not a fan of the forum because I thought we were broke. I continued to believe that until Grand Slam posted that Turrini told him he spent $10K of the company's money on the legal action in California. It was after that things really did not seem to make sense. Hence, the comment that the company could have gone another route if they had wanted to. That,as a shareholder, I felt I was being conned.
As for the deals you cite, I have no knowledge of them. I only recall Acadia. If there were others I would love to know about them.
Again, other than your allegations that I am biased this is all irrelevant to where we are and where we need to go. We can all cry about the past. It is not going to get us anywhere.
P.S. My shares are still out there at .11.