Re the whole spammer thing... that's why there are moderators and administrators, to track questionable stuff, and that's why we have a "report spam" button.
Yes to the above. As a moderator of another group, I often want to say "Please just let us handle it."
In a properly moderated group (as this one is) there simply is no need for extensive discussion of problems (or non-problems, as may be the case here).