The question raised by Dick Smith was whether Skidmore is the same as McCormick. The answer Dick got was, if you have a problem speak to the man in charge. For Dick to proclaim"Now we see the violence inherent in the system!" is disingenuous as he would know that wealth gets you access to decision makers and that he would not need to resort to finger pointing letters.
As far as ADS-B is concerned from what I can tell the horse has bolted on that one and its time to move on to the next issue.