Article: LET 'JOE SMITH' SLINK OFF, NOT PAC

Joe Smith?

If anything, Brian Wishneff should be investigated for lack of originality -- but nothing else.

You may recall the eleventh hour, full-page smear job in The Roanoke Times against political newcomer Court Rosen just before the May 6 Roanoke City Council election. The ad claimed it was paid for by "Joe Smith, Citizens for Sensible Decisions."

A few days later, Wishneff fessed up to his involvement in the ad.

Apparently, he thought he could throw a rock and hide his hand. Days earlier, when a Roanoke Times ad sales rep said he needed a name on the ad, the best Wishneff could come up with was ... Joe Smith?

Now, three months later, the Virginia attorney general has given the ...

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