The Pokomoke Tattler Slam Dunks Cornbrooks!!!

Ernest I. Cornbrooks, III ecornbrooks@webbnetlaw.com

Again, I urge you to secure representation by a competent attorney. You now have six business days to comply with Dr. Duffy's request.

William F. Burke, Publisher of the Pocomoke Tattler responds.....

Dear Mr Cornbrooks:

I find it incredulous that you are continuing make demands on behalf of your client after reading my response and the supporting documentation sent yesterday, but churning legal fees is what makes a successful law firm.

Could you please provide me with the ad copy that your client is demanding we publish in the Gannett owned Worcester County Times for 4 weeks?

How can a reasonable person agree to an unknown demand from a person who has a history of publicly acting in an unstable and irrational manner?

We would also need to review any and all statements that you are proposing we "retract" the source of the statements, the capacity of the individual being addressed in said "statements", the date the "statements" were originally published and of course your or her interpretation of the context of any such statements.

Are you representing Ms Duffy in the capacity of an individual? of a medical doctor? as the president of the Chamber of Commerce? as a public figure who has run for city council & Mayor?

Is Ms Duffy making these claims in the capacity of the woman who waved original copies of the Pocomoke Tattler over her head like a lunatic in June of 2005 in front of witnesses' at Pocomoke City Hall threatening to sue me while illegally photocopying my copyright protected intellectual property on city owned copiers?

Is this threat of litigation a response to the cease and desist letter sent by myself in the capacity or role of publisher of the Pocomoke Tattler for the copyright violations?

The lines seemed to be blurred between demands made by a private individual or a public figure acting on behalf of the Pocomoke City Chamber of Commerce or a person with some other political agenda.

Please define or clarify your role of who exactly you represent and in what capacity these allegations and claims are being made.

This is important as it will define the type of specialty we should seek in selecting a competent attorney to review this frivolous claim.

You have suggested twice that I seek representation of a competent attorney but I need a clearer definition of capacity and the exact claims you are making.

It is very difficult to locate a competent attorney on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and one could waste a significant amount of money asking for legal revue of your vague claims.

One more point that we will need is how your client has been financially damaged after going public with this threat of litigation; in the event of litigation will you be able to provide proof of financial damages or actual losses which are a direct result of the unnamed statements you are claiming we made? If there is such a loss I am sure that competent counsel would at the least require a summary review to determine if there is any merit to that claim.

Once more question:

Did you client make a public apology to Reverent Tasker at the Chamber of Commerce election meeting today?

When you have clarified your allegations and capacity we will be in a better position to respond accordingly.

Sincerely,

William F. Burke, CAI - AARE
Publisher
Pocomoke Tattler