So.. Now there is a move to try to drive my name through the mud. The Pound Pup Legacy site has an anonymous comment from some ignorant moron trying to tie me to all sorts of implied impropriety.
http://poundpuplegacy.org/node/41474
By clicking on more, you will find my reply to this comment (just in case they don't post it). But I am leaving the comments on Guatadopt closed because I'd much prefer to see them on the Pound Pup site.
Thanks to them for this last hannukah present!
My reply
To anonymous,
I do not see why in the world you would choose to bring my name into this story. It is personally insulting and just hugely wrong.
To set the record straight..
1.) You are implying some sort of financial gain on my part and that Guatadopt is some sort of business. I have NEVER received a single dollar for ANYTHING involved with Guatadopt. The closest thing was when some of our readers sponsored us to attend an ethics in adoption conference a couple of years ago. I challenge you or anyone else to find anything to the contrary. Being “Kevin from Guatadopt” has cost me thousands of dollars over the years.
2.) ASG is not a “main advertiser”. They are not an advertiser at all. We put their “ad” link on our site for FREE! We did so because of all the free help ASG has given us and our readers. There were many times when for no money they would find out if someone was still in PGN, Family Court, etc. We do have Google Ads on the site (pay per click) which have never even driven enough revenue to cover the hard costs of running the site.
3.) Susana and Guatadopt do have a long history together. It is 100% true that had it not been for Susana’s “Thursday Updates” in 2003, Guatadopt would likely never have become as popular as it did. If that had made me a wealthier man, I’d thank her for it. But truth is that it has done little for me personally. What it did do was create a place where THOUSANDS of PAPs turned for accurate information and help. What it did do was create the one place where people could go to find out the truth, despite what their attorney and agency may have been telling them. What it did do was create a place where some like Elizabeth Emmanuel found out that the child she had been referred was abducted. What it did was create a place that led to that child being returned to her mother.
4.) I have been involved with Guatemalan adoptions for years now. I have experienced/been privy to many many things. I have experienced first-hand how difficult it is to get to the bottom of things. There was a time when Susana and I were what could loosely be described as friends. Moreso we were both working on similar goals. Having nothing to do with anything involved in these allegations, we have not been anything close to friends for some time. But really this is irrelevant.
5.) If I am guilty of anything it is that I have my opinions on things. I have been and remain convinced personally that Susana would never have knowingly adopted out a kidnapped child.
I will continue to do as I have always done and follow my heart on Guatadopt. I will continue to state opinions as opinions and fact as fact. I will continue to do all I can to help children in Guatemala. Geez, why didn’t you mention our calendar that will raise about $10K in direct aid for children in Guatemala. Last year, did we donate any money Primavera? Nope. Did we actually donate to a hogar hugely at odds with Susana because we know that they were receiving adoption “fallout” cases – yes.
I leave with this thought to Anonymous: Shame on YOU!
I also just added a second comment to point out that Susana was not involved with either of my adoptions (and that it would not be something to hide if she had)