Washington Post: Verizon says it all started innocently enough. A Verizon Wireless sales team in West Virginia agreed to co-sponsor a Labor Day event called “Friends of America” featuring singer Hank Williams Jr., Ted Nugent and other country music groups. For $1,000, Verizon got to set up a sales table at the event, which is expected to draw 75,000 people to Holden, W.Va. The sales staff “jumped at the chance,” said Verizon Wireless spokesman Jim Gerace. But now environmental groups and …