I find it so strange that you think MV dislikes BellGab being up again.
Surely if he couldn't stand it, it would be closed.
He may like Bellgab being reopened, but does he like the way it is going? I am asking because I don't really know the answer. I certainly can't speak for him but it seems like he is different now then he was from before the shutdown. It just doesn't seem like he is having fun with it.
If by chance he is happy with it now, then more power to him. However, if he is not happy with it, he needs to decide what direction he wants it to go, take action, and change it. Perhaps he is in that gray area where it's not good enough to be happy with it but it is not bad enough to do anything about it (I would much rather be in the "it's bad enough" position than that gray middle area because the "bad enough" position gives me leverage to make myself change a bad situation).
I will say that my viewpoint comes from years of forum experience and my emphasis is on member participation, member experience, and metrics necessary for a forum's growth and survival. Maybe MV is happy with the current forum and numbers. For me with my viewpoint, I would not be.