While I agree with Drifter on the result of merger I believed at the time that it was good idea. It was supposed to remove day to day politics from management. It put the WDG/WDW management paradigm (Commission/Commission appointed Director) in place. Having worked in both agencies I supported that.

From the inside one thing that I noticed in the merger was that WDW did no preparation, no planning for how the future agency would look. It's like "if you don't vote don't complain about the results". But it was glaringly obvious that salmon won and every other fish lost.