Blogger says newspaper is suing him

Paper suing blogger:

A prominent local blogger said Thursday he is being sued by the Northwest Herald over a June 3 blog post that included his commentary about the McHenry County newspaper. In the post, Cal Skinner Jr. wrote that McHenry County gave the Northwest Herald a multimillion-dollar loan at submarket rates to ensure the paper's loyalty to the Republican Party. In its defamation suit against Skinner, who runs McHenry County Blog, the Northwest Herald denies ever receiving the loan or being influenced by the McHenry County Republican Party, according to the Northwest Herald's Web site. Skinner suggested on Thursday he would be willing to retract his statements. "I have a documented history of providing corrections whenever requested and appropriate," Skinner said, declining to comment further.