No, there is not an "evil overlord" here. That is a system that we DID NOT want to emulate from NA.
Gloves is skilled in web design so he did a lot of the initial heavy lifting in getting the site launched, however major site decisions are made via committee.
We are handling former banned users from NA on a case by case basis. If they are a known scammer, we would be foolish to welcome them back. If they were a little annoying, then we would be more inclined to give them another shot. We aren't out recruiting those guys though!