I could understand your frustration, I didn't vote on the Tene ban appeal because I was super busy with work during all that but I wanted to throw my two cents in here and maybe see things from my perspective.
The difference between the Tene appeal and the OG appeal are the actions after the ban was handed down. I think there are 2 very clear paths that each player had paved for themselves after the fact. OG took it a very different and toxic route that fit the personality he has. Tene took the ban and accepted it, moving on from it until the time was right. He wasn't still stirring things up on the forums. OG was still getting forum warns and was caught for alting and on top of that, had the whole fiasco with the unban for $1b.
I'm pretty sure when it comes down to ban appeals for exploiting, it is up to Sugar. We all have an opportunity to voice our concerns but Sugar is the only one that should be making final decisions on exploit bans because of the impact it could have caused long term on the server.
I disagree with the community having a say on appeals. People have friends. Friends clique up. Friends vote "+1 for unban " without ever seeking to understand the impact of the offence had brought to the server. And I know you know that. We still deal with that even without the community having direct involvement on appeals.
Please believe that OG has been talked about in mod/tmod chat and I'm sure the other chats as well where people have shared stories and instances of what his past behaviors were. People are getting information from each other to make a decision based off facts and interactions rather than just going with what everyone else is saying on the appeal. It isn't just a hay day of playing telephone and changing a word or two.
I personally don't want to see anyone be perm banned and stay perm banned though I understand why it needs to happen. I know it won't mean much to you or some others on this forum that dislike the decisions I've come to but I promise that during every appeal/report instance, I will make unbiased and fair decisions based off their actions rather than them preaching how much better of a person they are.