Actually, at one poing Grumpy used to live on the Oregon coast near Newport. He used a satellite connection to post with.
Geoduck was a city councilman in Seattle.
SaL was a sweetheart of a guy, and you are right, he used to be a radio personality. His office was downtown Seattle, and he was keeping the board informed of the riots that were taking place in Seattle back in '99 when the WTO was holding their meetings there.