Cincinnati, Ohio blogger and Green Party candidate for Board of Education Jason Haap unleashed a scandal when he criticized the Save-A-Life Foundation on his blog. He said that they were teaching schoolchildren to use the Heimlech maneuver on drowning victims, which is not the proper proceducre. The Save-A-Life Foundation subsequently lost 11 “relationships” with other organizations and sued Haap and two other critics (one is a doctor and one is the son of the inventor of the Heimlech maneuver).
On September 17th, the organization folded. After 16 years, the Save-A-Life Foundation is no more, and Haap continues to run the Cincinnati Becaon website and run for the Board of Education.
12 responses so far ↓
1 Kimberly Wilder // Oct 18, 2009 at 3:37 pm
I think the headline on this was a little confusing.
I read the story carefully, and looked into things myself a bit, on the web.
It sounds like the charity had several problems with accountability, and was receiving a lot of public funds. The Green Party person was one of several people who put the spotlight on it.
And, even so, I think the charity folded recently, but the green was involved awhile ago. It is just the charity wanting to cast blame on that previous situation.
If I understand correctly.
Overall, I would say that it is a story about a green party member who did something good.
2 Ross Levin // Oct 18, 2009 at 3:43 pm
I just read one article about it, honestly. If you want to delete this then repost it or email me some links about it, feel free.
3 Ross Levin // Oct 18, 2009 at 5:00 pm
I think what I posted is accurate after rereading it. I wrote the headline so it wasn’t clear if the Green was in the scandal or revealed it – and the first sentence shows that he revealed it. I didn’t go into detail about what happened because I don’t know much about it. But, yeah, I agree that it’s a positive story overall and it looks like Haap is a pretty credible candidate.
4 Dave Schwab // Oct 19, 2009 at 12:47 am
It’s just confusing because usually when you read a headline like that, it relates to charges of corruption.
5 Fungus Amongus // Oct 19, 2009 at 6:02 am
Former US Sen. Norm Coleman, $40 million, and the Save-A-Life Foundation: http://tinyurl.com/5xbuyq
“Coleman Connection to Shady Non-Profit Highlighted; Coleman Campaign Defensive,” Minnesota Democratic-Farmer Labor Party press release, 9/26/08
6 Last Larf // Oct 19, 2009 at 10:03 am
A Harvard Law website that tracks internet free speech cases monitored Save-A-Life Foundation’s failed lawsuit. The page includes links to numerous court filings and other useful information: http://www.citmedialaw.org/threats/save-life-foundation-v-baratz
7 Erik Geib // Oct 19, 2009 at 2:41 pm
“caught up in” makes it sound like he’s a part of it, not the revealer of it
8 Petra Jenkins // Oct 19, 2009 at 6:45 pm
Bad headline.
Good Green Party candidate!!
9 Vaughn // Oct 19, 2009 at 8:50 pm
“helps expose” would be better than “caught up in”
10 Lou Novak // Oct 20, 2009 at 5:52 am
Whatever drives traffic, eh Ross?
How about:
“Libertarians want more to die due to lack of health insurance.”
Of course, that’s a gross misrepresentation of the Libertarian position, but it might attract some visits, don’t you think?
11 Reasonable Question // Oct 20, 2009 at 11:17 am
Ross,
Per your 3:43 comment above, this 10/16/09 Cincinnati CityBeat article by Kevin Osborne is clearly the “one article” you read and was the basis for your item: http://bit.ly/35FcYx
Nevertheless, you didn’t reference or link to the CityBeat article. Why not?
12 Ross Levin // Oct 20, 2009 at 2:38 pm
I guess it just slipped my mind. I’m sorry about that.
Let me remind you that I’m not a trained or payed journalist. I’m doing the best I can in the limited amount of time that I can, and this is a labor of love.
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