I just thought I would add a quick update to the above post.
I resolved issue #1 by making my "For appointments call..." a dead link using javascript:void(0); and then using id selectors instead of classes for my css rules. For some reason the javascript at the end of the menu.php page (see below) was interfering with the rendering in ie6. It would render fine at first and then it was like the added custom css rules were erased and the text resolved with no styling.
My second issue still remains and I plan on creating a new post to see if I can't get some help resolving it.
Cheers
Jules
<script type="text/javascript">if(window.attachEvent) { window.attachEvent("onload", function() { cssmw.intializeMenu('cssmw'); }); } else if(window.addEventListener) { window.addEventListener("load", function() { cssmw.intializeMenu('cssmw'); }, true); }</script>
