W. Leon Smith hails from the family of Erastus Smith, the courageous patriot who guided the survivors of The Alamo to safety. Sam Houston, among others, believed his timely actions made Texas independence possible. "Remember the Alamo," first came from the lips of Erastus Smith.
W. Leon Smith is the courageous newspaper editor who published The Editorial for the Iconoclast in 2004 endorsing John Kerry instead of George W. Bush. In the aftermath Smith and those working for him were threatened and assaulted. The boycott of both the Iconoclast and the Clifton Record, the other paper owned my Smith, continues to this day and has cost Smith heavily.
Being a Whistle Blower comes with real risks.
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