UPDATE: I resubmitted this to Google with a nice explanation of what happened, and how we are not currently profiting from the site (there are no ads of affiliate links on it)... just providing an "information" resource. The domain was approved and has almost regained it's former rankings. It only took Google about 5 days to respond and approve the site.
Not too bad...
This proves that not all hope is lost when Google penalizes a domain.
Not too bad...
This proves that not all hope is lost when Google penalizes a domain.