There were some heated discussions during the 2000 elections, many downright nasty, so we lost members and banned politics from the board for a while. (Yes, that many years ago.) Then there were a lot of conservatives promoting Fox. When the balance shifted they left.
Persia decided to move to Puerto Rico after being wiped out by a hurricane in Florida. I kept in touch with her for a while by email, then she drifted off. I don't know if she's alive anymore.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. We sure have a lot of history here.
Nancy