ncleflights, firstly, if your username is anything to go by, you're completely biased anyway.
Secondly, you're largely correct until your last paragraph - the local population do want to travel from MME, in fact I'd go as far as to say most are screaming out to travel from MME. History has proved several times that when the flights are provided, they are usually full or not far from it.
Finally, if the region isn't big enough to support three airports, how has it managed for the last 46 years?