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Montgomery Advertiser f.2A Friday, July 8, 2011 Anthony sentenced; will go free July 17 i h'y Late Thursday, Orange County corrections officials said they had "conducted a detailed recalculation of the projected release date" and that Anthony would actually not be freed until July 17. Thursday's actions mean Anthony will go free nearly two weeks after she was acquitted Tuesday of first-degree murder and other charges in Caylee's death. The extra time in jail did little to satisfy throngs of angry people convinced of her guilt who gathered outside the courthouse. But it could provide time for the public furor over her acquittal to ease somewhat By Kyle Hightower and Matt Sedensky The Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. Casey Anthony looked ready for freedom.

For the first time since her trial began, she let her hair down, smiling and playing with it as she awaited the judge's decision on when she would be released. Then she turned stone-faced as the sentence was pronounced: Freedom wouldn't come just yet. She'd have to spend six more days in jail for lying to investigators about the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee. r'-T-ft '-7' I'KZj it'-ii i jm It 4 I r-e- it- '-mwn urn TV ry lU-vm. i.

sexual abuse. Judge Belvin Perry gave her the maximum sentence of four years for four convictions of lying to authorities. He denied a defense request to combine the misdemeanor counts, which could have made her eligible for immediate re- "As a result of those four specific, distinct lies, law enforcement expended great time and resources looking for Caylee Marie Anthony," the judge said. With time served and credit for good behavior, she is now due out on July 17, her day in jail. Outside the courthouse, Tax Continued from Page 1A "Now, our intention is not to put people in jail.

Our in-ten tion is to collect the revenues that are due to the city of Montgomery," said Mickey Mclnnish, senior staff attorney with the city's internal affairs division. "And the fact that you are a corporation will not insulate you from this process," Mclnnish added. The city is using its existing ordinance, but it is stepping up its enforcement. Faulkner said the city has not, to his knowledge, jailed a business owner or shut down a business for failure to pay taxes and fees. The city has the authority to revoke a business license, but a municipal judge has the discretion to fine someone anywhere from $1 to $500 in addition to restitution andor sentence them to six months in jail.

Business owners who come forward in the next few weeks will avoid those prospects, as well as the extra money that would have to be paid in penalties. The interest charged is minor compared with the penalties. For outstanding ASU Continued from Page 1A included with the report states. "In essence, the University's presence is a positive force in the attraction of new businesses and the retention of existing ones." ASU paid $15,000 for the study. The report does not include about $200 million in construction undertaken by the university in the past few years, but looks at recurring benefits generated by the school.

Knight and ASU President William Harris said they hoped the report would help boost the school's relationship with local businesses and help them see the university as an asset for economic recruitment. Both said they were disappointed in a recent Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce video that featured an ASU drummer and not new buildings erected on campus. Harris said he did not believe the choice was deliberate or malicious, but said it underlined the need to show how ASU benefits the region. "We've just opened two academic buildings worth $50 million," he said. Another factor for ASU is a $3 million budget shortfall, due to the tighter state budget and the loss of federal stimulus money.

Harris said the school intends to raise tuition this year, though the exact figure is still under and give Anthony's attorneys a chance to plan for her safety. Two days after the of the jury remained silent, with their names still kept secret by the court. One juror explained that the panel agreed to acquit Anthony because prosecutors did not show what happened to the toddler. When she is released, the 25-year-old Anthony must decide whether to return to a community in which many onlookers long ago concluded that she's a killer, or to a home strained by her defense attorneys' accusations of trial at the federal courthouse with Gilley saying he would pay for top country music performers to play an event with the candidate keeping all of the money raised. Walker is a defendant in the case.

Preuitt also wanted to be sure people in Etowah County, represented by his friend Means, were content with the legislation. Gilley, who said Preuitt did not want a tough election fight, also said the first time he met Preuitt was in October 2010 following their arrest. By plane Gilley, in previous testimony, said there were two sides of the track in the country with regular people on one side and special interests on the other. White, on Thursday, asked Gilley which side of the tracks he was on. Gilley said he was on the side of the "common man." White asked how many common men regularly fly a jet from Enterprise to Montgomery.

Thompson stopped the questioning and said wealth and poverty are not issues in the case. Time served While Gilley has acknowledged he could spend more than 20 years in prison, Gilley said when asked on Thursday that he has possibly told people he could spend less than four years in jail. "Once we've done it, WAKA will improve: WNCF will improve, and so will the CW. It just makes us feel real good about the future." The agreement for Baha-kel to purchase the Saga-moreHill-owned WBMM must still receive federal Lobbyist Robert Geddie arrives for the gambling corruption in Montgomery on Thursday, mickey welshadvertiser a cluster of protesters chanted "Justice for Caylee" as they waved signs that said "Arrest the and "Jurors 1-12 Guilty of Murder." One man had duct tape with a heart-shaped sticker over his mouth, similar to the way prosecutors contend duct tape was used to kill Caylee. Increased police presence included officers on horseback.

"At least she won't get to pop the champagne cork tonight," said Flora Reece, an Orlando real estate broker who stood outside the courthouse holding a sign that read "Arrest the Jury." sales and use tax and business license fees, business owners must pay 1 percent interest for each month they are late. As for the penalties for the sales and use tax, the business owner could be ordered to pay 10 percent of the balance, or $50, depending on which is greater, for failing to file and 10 percent of the balance for failing to pay. For business license fees, an individual who fails to pay on time can be ordered to pay an additional 15 percent after 30 days and an additional 60 percent after 60 days. "You've got to have repercussions and consequences if you don't pay," Faulkner said. Letters will be sent out to the nearly 1,000 delinquent businesses and their owners, and they will have the rest of July to either pay or make arrangements to pay.

The penalty of up to a $500 fine andor up to six months in jail is the city's general penalty for violations when a punishment is not specified. The finance department's license division, located at 25 Washington can be reached at 625-2036. IMPACT OF ASU The university generates about $885 million of its $901 million in River Region The university creates 9,714 jobs in River Region The university creates $111 million in state and local taxes University operations create a $341 million economic impact Student spending creates 589 jobs Alumni spending creates 5,981 jobs Tuition for in-state residents is currently $7,300 a year for two semesters, not counting housing and other expenses. According to the U.S. Department of Education, ASU's tuition increased 43 percent between 2007 and 2010, the eighth-highest increase by percentage in the nation.

Knight said they hope the increase will be icovered by Pell Grants and scholarships awarded through the school's General Assistance Program, but said the university needed the funding to be competitive. "Students have a choice, parents have a choice," Knight said. "If we're going to be competitive, our facilities have to be first-class, our programs have to be first-class everything we do has to be as good as or better than our competitioa You can't do that without raising revenue." Casey Anthony smiles before the start of her sentencing hearing in Orlando, on Thursday. Joe BurbankAP Stand Continued from Page 1A and Jim Preuitt of Talladega, Democrats Quinton Ross of Montgomery and Larry Means of Attalla, and Harri Anne Smith of Slocomb, who is now an independent Ross, Preuitt, Means and Smith are defendants in the case. 1 Gilley is free on bond until he is sentenced, but Massey was granted permission to report to prison and begin serving his time.

A prosecutor said she will play about three dozen audio clips today from conversations secretly recorded by the FBL Earlier Thursday, defense attorneys asked Gilley about inconsistent testimony including ads featuring country legend George Jones criticizing a local congressional candidate. They also asked about his effort to sway a state senator who had told him he did not want his money and about inflating how many people attended his BamaJam music festival. Joe Espy, lead attorney for McGregor, said gambling has been a controversial issue in the Legislature for 15 years, but there were never any issues until one ingredient was added: Gilley. Gilley backed away from a previous comment that Smith returned a $5,000 check he'd given her, when she thanked him for running ads against state Rep. Jay Love, R-Montgomery.

Smith and Love ran against each other for Congress in 2008. Gilley, who had previously slammed Smith because of a bill she had introduced, gave her a $5,000 check at a May 27, 2008, fundraiser. He has said she returned the check within a few days saying she and her campaign manager did not want to take money directly from Gilley. Gilley said Smith told him that they were working with Massey to find another way to move money from Gilley to her. Gilley had testified that Smith said they did not want to corroborate claims made by Love in ads stating that Smith was supported by casino interests.

Love's ad led Gilley to call news conference and pay for ads, which featured country music legend George Jones, attacking Love as a "liar." Although Gilley had said Smith came back within days to bring back the check and thank him for running the ads against Love, the ads against Love did not start running for more than a month after the fundraiser. Gilley admitted Thursday that his statement conflicted Merging Continued from Page 1A to happen quickly. "This is not going to happen overnight," Wall said. "We are hoping that you will see some improvements dur A Bell Street 4, -St Montgomery Advertiser A2S Moton St. Mall P.O.

Box 1000 Montgomery AL 36101-1000 with the dates that events actually took place, but he has said repeatedly he has a problem remembering dates. Invitation Gilley had previously said that it was Smith who invited people to a March 2009 dinner at Garrett's restaurant in Montgomery where Gilley was joined by country musicians who tried to help him promote Country Crossing. It was at that dinner then-Rep. Benjamin Lewis felt he was bribed and went to the authorities, prompting the investigation that led to the current trial. But On Thursday, Gilley said "I don't know who sent the invitations." Bill White, an attorney for Smith, had asked Gilley if lobbyist Claire Austin sent the invitations.

Inflating attendance White accused Gilley of inflating what he spent in in-kind services for a fundraiser for Smith and inflating the number of people attending BamaJam, a music festival he started. When asked by White, Gilley admitted he paid four employees to scan tickets to BamaJam that they never sold. Gilley said they did it to inflate figures. White said that doing this to inflate attendance figures was fraudulent, especially since Gilley has said on the he tried to sell BamaJam to an investor. ing the new fall season.

But we won't be nearly as far along with it this fall as we will be in fall 2012 because to do this right is going to take time." Ultimately, Wall said the increased news and local-' programming presence won't just be felt at the ABC White and Gilley made the comments about BamaJam with the jury out of the courtroom after an objection from Assistant U.S. Attorney Louis Franklin. Franklin said Gilley has admitted on the witness stand that BamaJam did not make a profit and that defense attorneys have already grilled Gilley about his financial problems. U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson upheld Franklin's objection and did not let White ask Gilley about the BamaJam tickets in front of the jury.

Keep the money Gilley confirmed that on March 22, 2010, just more than a week before the Senate vote on gambling legislation, that Preuitt told him he did not want his money and that he financed his own campaigns. Gilley said their efforts to ensure Preuitt voted for gambling legislation were "silly" and said he knew that Preuitt was "pro-gambling." Gilley acknowledged several conversations in which he talked with his lobbyists, Massey and Jennifer Poun-cy, about Preuitt not being in it for the money. Pouncy has also pleaded guilty. GUley and former Country Crossing spokesman Jay Walker, in a conversation secretly taped by the FBI, talked about buying vehicles from Preuitt's car dealership in Talladega. Gilley also said they offered Preuitt a stop on the "Democracy Tour," and CBS affiliates.

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