I was unhappy to see it cease operations. I thought it was a positive outreach and said so. Either I said too little of consequence, or I said it too late. I agree that it is frustrating to be landed right in the middle of a firefight, and from what I know of you, that is not somewhere you belong. I sure see no reason for you to be the apparent focal point of this conflict.
Wish I could help.
I'm not confident I could maintain such equanimity in the face of such drama. I have a pretty low tolerance for it. A guy I did some work for kept weaseling out of paying me today, arguing over a half hour here, a half hour there. I finally said 'Keep your money!' and turned to leave, done with the chiseling.
Moments later he was pressing the cash into my hand and allowing I was right about my hours. LOL I don't value money so much as my word, nor am I much willing to play confrontational games for money. There are things I value much more, and the quality of my work is one of them. I suppose this is why when he realized I was done, he also realized how badly he had screwed up.
My observations of your actions indicate you have similar values. That's why the more's the pity that you're stuck in the middle here. My guess is FTG may not have much familiarity with you outside of the discussion you had. I had seen that he also held such values, so you could knock me over with a feather right now.
Anyway, I hope this gets resolved pretty quick, at least that you get extracted from it.