Dear Mr. Criss:

This letter demands retraction of libels of me published by you in the Forum section of Guidrynews.com on November 1st, 2006.

The libelous statements were contained in the 4^th paragraph of your guest column entitled Charade Takes the Cake, stating, “This charge reminds me of a trick Onzelo used earlier this year during the primary election.  He drew up an attack postcard against his client Albert Choate and send it to a hand full of people.”

The three foregoing underlined assertions are false and defamatory; their publication by you is libel per se.

As a political consultant who vigorously defends and advocates for my clients and their positions, I believe that debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust, and wide-open. That debate may very well be vehement, caustic, and can sometimes result in unpleasantly sharp attacks by either side; however your statements crossed the line from free expression to libel. 
 

As a result, I demand that you immediately but no later than 12 noon on Friday, November 3^rd, 2006 do the following:

•  instruct Jim Guidry of Guidrynews.com to remove the foregoing libels from the guidrynews.com website, and
•  publish a correction to your guest column on Guidrynews.com retracting the foregoing libels in substantially as conspicuous a manner as they were made.

Very Truly Yours,

 

Onzelo Markum III - Principal

The Markum Group