Two ? If you are referring to puddle then as far as I am aware he left with out any reason being given....oh and before my time too.
As for Colin, The running of the forum by the mods and admin is like a business ...but without a pay cheque ! If there is friction in the office or on site all the time then tension builds up. Thats no good for anyone. I have always asked the mods to work as a team but sadly this clearly wasnt happening. I can only speculate now what would have happened if Colin had not been removed...maybe we would be asking were other had gone !
All I ask is that we all work together and as has been said already , "it wasnt a decision taken lightly" hence the time it has taken to get to this point.