I filed a ticket with them on Nov-15-2014 asking not to delist HAL this time. Bill Shihara responded 2 days back asking if the community takeover happened. I followed with the details. You can ask him directly if any doubts.

Come on, this is business. Bittrex makes money by allowing others to trade on their platform which I must admit is very well done. If an asset being traded sucks and falls in price to the bottom, its daily trade volume in BTC also sucks and they make little profit on trading fees. If this thing has no ongoing development and no chance to improve the situation, what's the point of keeping it listed? There are no miracles in the crypto world. You have to work hard to make big.