the term "getting the axe" is reference to taking the whole tree down and then getting chain and the wrecker out to pull the entire root out of the ground ... then you level the ground and start replanting all over again. Unfortunately I think that is where we are. Does Rooney have some good dynamite to help split up the root to help get it out of the ground?
With the same ownership it's like cutting down bamboo, the problems will sprout up again. I have nothing against Levien, being undercapitalized is no sin.