In all fairness to Kelly,
The communicae we exchanged was not 'nasty' , per se. But, rather, his words were in response to an e-mail from me inquiring as to why this merger was being announced seemingly 'out-of-left-field'. I suggested the action might be extreme, and questioned it's true value. As a result, he wrote me back (and cc'd the whole company) with his retort. Included in this retort was a consistent reiteration that he is no longer going to be as communicative as he has in the past - due to the bashers.
So, maybe 'nasty' was not the correct verbage; but the letter just didn't rub me the right way.