My sentiments, exactly!
I have been bothered by the way the thread where chuck allen raised his concerns was deleted. I don't know chuck very well, so I can't speak about his motives, desires, etc. The thread made it to 300 posts without a moderator stepping in (so I discount that the "thread" was actually an issue)...chuck got off topic with his questions, but his questions did raise some concerns. The thread dissappeared shortly thereafter (not his comments, not him...but the entire thread). This appeared to me as someone was throwing "dirt over the tire tracks."
Jim, I don't care if you wanna take an annual salary of $200K. The success of your website would validate such a salary, so to that I say "go you capitalist dog, you." However, the immediacy of the deletion of that thread certainly made it appear that someone was trying to hide something. Was this just a case of a moderator with an itchy trigger finger? If that's the case, then please tell us so.