So at some point roles started showing up blank. I used user_role_editor originally and they tried role scoper. I'm not sure what would cause this problem but I'm sure you have an authority
I started a thread here and was hoping that you'd be able to help a bit.
http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/17083/what-would-cause-roles-to-not-appear-within-the-edit-user-screen
Thank you very much.