Halburn likes to pretend that he's compassionate by running ads for nonprofit organizations.
Well, there's one group that doesn't want Halburn's charity.
That's Beyond The Backyard.
Founded by Charleston attorney Bobby Warner, Beyond the Backyard is a youth organization dedicated to introducing kids to outdoor activities such as hunting, fishing, mountain biking, mountain climbing, hiking and camping.
Some time ago, Hallburn approached Warner's business begging for sponsorship, and they told him they weren't interested. In their reply was the logo for the Beyond The Backyard program.
Halburn then stole the logo and placed it on his website. It has been there for at least a year.
Warner was asked last week if he authorized its placement on Halburn's site. He said that he in no way did so, and would have it removed immediately.
This all happened Friday May 7. On Saturday May 8, the ad was gone.
It's amazing what a cease and desist letter can do.
Don't steal a lawyer's logo, dummy!
PutnamLIES.com and others have long wondered how many ads and logos have simply been stolen and placed on his site to make it look legitimate.
We know for a fact that a certain radio stations logo was there for a long time until they finally demanded that he remove it. We also know of a large pizza and breakfast chain that is afraid to pull their ads for fear of negative reporting.
If your business' logo appears on his site, contact Halburn immediately and demand that it be removed.
This kind of thing demonstrates just how low Halburn will stoop.
He's a fucking thief.
UPDATE: Halburn now claims that Warner’s "PR guy" (notice he can't provide a name) approached HIM to run a story. He claims that he personally met with him at Warner’s law office. He says that he interviewed the "PR guy" who provided photos and the logo after Halburn offered to run it free of charge.
Unfortunately for Halburn, the truth is that the "story" he ran was nothing more than a press release which he published verbatim. There was no interview with the "PR guy". It's all the same bunch of bullshit that we've come to expect from him.
Ah, another excellent article!
ReplyDeleteMark, who isn't a native WV'ian by his own admission and who admitted in a court of law that he shops at Wal-Mart, has a problem (among many) that he thinks he's above the law, that the rules don't apply to him, that just because he's from a state where an actor is the governor that he's better than the people of Putnam County and West Virginia, he thinks everyone is stupid but him.
We know better, and his track record proves it.
If you own the pizza and breakfast chain whose logo appears without consent on Halburn's rag, you do not have to worry about negative press. No one actually reads that garbage besides us, no one takes him seriously, and everyone knows he is not a legitimate journalist. He has a track record of lying, bullying, and trespassing. In other words, every word he writes is poison. So, no business has a fear of bad press from his because he isn't the press.
Call or email him, demand that he take down your logo. Mark Vance Halburn isn't a threat to nobody, never was, never will be.
Mark Vance Halburn is nothing more than a big-mouth blogger who doesn't have the balls to back up anything he says. He may threaten to sue, but he doesn't have a claim on anybody. He may harass, just call the police on him and they will be more than happy to throw him in the pokey until his wife, who supports him, has to bail his fat ass out.
Halburn's whole "claim to fame" is that rag he runs, nothing more. Ask anyone in legit media about him and they'll tell you stories, and tell you what a joke he is.
The Trash Bloggers Alliance will never stop until his rag, or Halburn, is dead.
Unbelieveable! When will he stop? What can we to to stop him? There has to be a way!
ReplyDeleteOh, and may I ad that the Pit Bull Attack that he is reporting happened 4, that's right, 4 days ago! News Leader My Ass!
ReplyDeleteI love it when Mark makes up a story, such as this one about a PR guy, then gets in a rage about it like he gets in a rage when the clerk tells him he's had his Baconator limit for the day.
ReplyDeleteMike - thanks for publishing the Teays Valley Sheets opening when putnamBlob said it wasn't true.... now his blog is saying Sheetz is coming to Teays Valley. How long ago was this first reported by Putnam County's #1 leading source of news?
ReplyDeletePutnamLIES.com, Putnam County's REAL news leader, first reported this on May 6.
ReplyDeleteThis was reported by putnamBlob on his blog and is quoted:
ReplyDelete"And if real plans are ever made for a new Sheetz or Target, we will be the first to tell you.
Meanwhile, you can count on PutnamLIVE.com to publish facts, not false comments by bloggers who use bogus names to spread rumors and juvenile hatred. We simply won't allow such garbage on our pages. That's because PutnamLIVE.com stands for integrity. If you want to comment, send a letter to our publisher with your real name, address, and telephone number-for verification purposes only."
Yeah well, he was the LAST to tell anyone.
ReplyDeleteIt took him a week to report on what we knew last week.
He stands for integrity?
I guess that's true if lying, theft, bias and misrepresentation are considered integrity.