Alabama: Spina fined for false political ad
The Birmingham News reports: A political consultant from Vestavia Hills admitted Tuesday to misdemeanor crimes that he ran a false ad during the 2006 Jefferson County Commission primary race, and he failed to register a political action committee.
Rick Spina, 48, said he pleaded guilty rather than going through the expense and trouble of fighting the charges in court.
The ad linked Jim Carns, a state legislator running for County Commission, with a slate of candidates headed by ousted Chief Justice Roy Moore, who was running for governor.
The ad, which ran May 31 in The Birmingham News, said it was funded by a "political organization" called the Assembly of Republicans. -- Consultant fined for false 2006 political ad