“Two separate boards are struggling for control of the Whidbey Island Transportation Association.There could be a showdown Thursday night, Sept. 14, when the Cliff Filibeck faction holds a meeting at 7 p.m. at the Eagles Lodge on Highway 525.It’s going to be interesting, Filibeck said Monday. It could be a standoff.The two boards have different visions of WITA’s future and how to use its $13,000 bank account.The organization formed more than 20 years ago when ferry workers were on strike. It operated a passenger-only boat on the Clinton-Mukilteo route during the labor troubles. In later years WITA operated a commuter parking lot in Mukilteo, helped launch Island Transit, and represented commuters’ interests before governmental bodies.But Filibeck, one of the early members, doesn’t see a future for WITA. There’s no threat of strikes whatsoever, he said. We want to give the $13,000 back to the community. In doing so, he admitted, WITA would effectively cease to exist.Filibeck is president of his WITA board. Other members include Blackie Lloyd, who for a number of years was president of the organization, Dave Moulton, and Don and Ann Carlson.The opposing WITA board is headed by president Roger Scott. Filibeck refers to him as a newcomer who wants to use WITA’s $13,000 for his pet project. Scott received recent publicity for proposing a study of hovercraft service between Whidbey Island and the mainland.He wants the hovercraft study, Filibeck said. He went to the bank and tried to take the money. That’s what the battle’s over.Scott took over as president of WITA about 18 months ago. His faction also includes some longtime WITA members, among them Jack Negus, Saranell DeChambeau and Jack Leengran.Scott said on Monday that WITA was moribund when he took over and he encouraged new membership, but several members of the old guard vehemently opposed his hovercraft proposal.Filibeck, for example, calls hovercraft service something Bill Gates might not even be able to afford.As Scott tells the story, the last unified WITA meeting resulted in some hot tempered arguments, and he and some followers left. In their absence, the remaining people voted Negus in as president.Filibeck agrees with the general scenario of Scott’s story, although he said the walkout occurred after those present voted against pursuing the hovercraft study. We voted against it and he resigned, Filibeck said.Scott, however, makes no mention of having resigned. They claim I quit, he said. Scott’s side kept on meeting and came up with a list of possible WITA projects, with the hovercraft plan ranking below such ideas as providing bicycles for public use, starting a shuttle service for commuters, and providing paratransit pickup for areas off Island Transit’s route.To further complicate matters, both factions have attempted to gain control of WITA’s bank account at the Clinton branch of InterWest Bank, where manager Don Pinter has frozen the account. Filibeck said he exchanged heated words with Pinter on Sunday when the bank manager seemed to be favoring the other side. I threatened a lawsuit, Filibeck said, if the bank should release the money to Scott’s group.Pinter was on vacation early this week and unavailable for comment, but Filibeck said he expects him at Thursday’s meeting.Scott summed up the confusion. We don’t know who is legal and who is not at this point, he said. Both sides have legal counsel, and Scott said his side will be at Thursday’s meeting, because as he understands it, that’s what Pinter wants.I don’t want to go down without a fight, Scott said. “