People make mistakes...it was an oversight. Nothing to get that worked up about...maybe if the company said they weren't changing the statement...that's one thing. They changed it.
I'll miss him if he's gone, but Dave loses more than he gains by leaving here, this is a fun place, and I happen to think it's rather cool being the novelty here.
Maybe like someone else posted, it was the straw that broke the camel's back, and there were other issues at play, guess we'll never know.
Jerry