SMA AWAITING DEPARTURE FROM MAF REPORTED APPARENT CONFUSION ON THE PART OF THE CONTROLLER; ALLEGING CONFLICT WHEN TAKEOFF CLEARANCE WAS ISSUED WITH HELICOPTER ON THE RUNWAY.

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I CONTACTED GND CTL AT RBD. I ACKNOWLEDGED INFO CURRENT ON THE FIELD; STATED LOCATION; AND REQUESTED TAXI TO THE ACTIVE. REQUEST TO TAXI TO RWY 35 WAS GIVEN WITH CLRNC TO CROSS RWY 31; DIRECTION OF FLT WAS REQUESTED BY GND; DIRECTION OF FLT WAS RPTED TO GND WITH A REQUEST FOR FLT FOLLOWING; AND REPEATED BACK BY GND SOMEWHAT UNINTELLIGIBLE. UPON TAXI TO RWY 35 AND APCHING HOLD SHORT; GND GAVE DEP INSTRUCTIONS THAT INCLUDED 'DEPART AND MAINTAIN AT OR BELOW 2000 FT' FREQ 124.2 AND SQUAWK CODE. WITHOUT REPEATING INSTRUCTIONS; I REQUESTED A TURN-OUT DIRECTION ON DEP WITH NO RESPONSE EXCEPT SOME CONFUSION BY THE CTLR AS TO WHETHER OR NOT HE WANTED TO TURN ME AROUND AND SEND ME BACK TO RWY 31. HE STARTED WITH SOME INSTRUCTIONS; HESITATED AND ENDED UP SAYING NOTHING THAT REQUIRED A RESPONSE. BEING AT THE HOLD SHORT FOR RWY 31; I VERIFIED CLRNC TO CROSS RWY 31 TO WHICH HE ACKNOWLEDGED AFFIRMATIVE IN A FRUSTRATED TONE. CONTINUING TO TAXI TO RWY 35; I READ BACK THE DEP INSTRUCTIONS AND AGAIN REQUESTED A TURN-OUT DIRECTION TO WHICH THE CTLR ANGRILY STATED THAT I WOULD NOT GET THAT FROM GND; I WOULD GET THAT FROM TWR -- SOMETHING NOT PREVIOUSLY DONE AT AN ARPT WHICH IS THE HOME BASE FOR THE ACFT. I ACKNOWLEDGED; SWITCHED TO TWR FREQ; STATED THAT I WAS HOLDING SHORT OF RWY 35 AFTER HEARING CLRNC FOR LNDG OF A CESSNA ON BASE FOR RWY 31. TWR (SAME CTLR ON BOTH GND AND TWR) CLRED ME FOR ROLLOUT AND IMMEDIATE DEP ON RWY 35 WITH A R TURN TO 090 DEGS WHICH MAKES SENSE AS THE CESSNA ON CLRNC FOR RWY 31 WAS PROBABLY ON FINAL AT THIS POINT. HE ALSO INSTRUCTED A JET ON DOWNWIND FOR RWY 31 TO EXTEND HIS DOWNWIND. UPON ROLLING OUT AND STARTING TO PUSH IN THE THROTTLE; I OBSERVED A HELI AT THE 17 END OF RWY 35. I SUSPECT THE CTLR SAW THE SAME AT ABOUT THE SAME MOMENT. I BELIEVE THAT I CALLED HIM FIRST TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HELI ON THE SAME RWY. HE INSTRUCTED ME TO HOLD POS AND INSTRUCTED THE HELI TO DEPART THE RWY TELLING HIM THAT HE CAN'T BE THERE. I HELD UNTIL THE CESSNA LANDED ON RWY 31 AND WAS THEN CLRED FOR TKOF.