Earlier this week we told you about the Taylor Hicks print being auctioned off to raise funds for Enterprise, Alabama’s Board of Education. The city is still recovering from damage sustained and deaths caused by a tornado earlier this spring.
When the dust settled last night, the winning bid for the piece of art was $277.50. The starting bid was $30.
Richard Scrushy and Don Siegelman received their sentences last night from U.S. District Judge Mark Fuller and taken into custody while their lawyers prepared to file emergency appeals as early as today.
The sentences:
| Richard Scrushy | ||
| Prison Time | 6 years, 10 months | |
| Probation | 3 years | |
| Fine | $150,000 | |
| Restitution | $267,000 (United Way of Central Alabama) | |
| Additional conditions | Ordered to pay the costs of prison stay | |
| Don Siegelman | |
| Prison Time | 7 years, 4 months |
| Probation | 3 years |
| Fine | $50,000 |
| Restitution | $181,325 (Unidentified state agency) |
| Additional conditions | 500 hours of community service |
Fans of Birmingham, Alabama’s local internet radio stations like Fried Green Radio and Radio Free Birmingham were getting prepared for it for weeks, yet it still sounds weird. Even one of the pioneers of the movement, WMVY in Martha’s Vineyard, is doing it. Visit these sites and you’re sure to hear silence, or maybe just the sound of crickets in the background.
This is the result of a silent protest organized by large and small online stations alike to draw attention to increased royalty fees that have been proposed by the Copyright Royalty Board and that are scheduled to go into effect beginning in March. Check out the sites to learn more about why it’s being done and what you can do to help.
SaveNetRadio.org
Friends of MVY Radio
Internet Radio’s Day of Silence, RollingStone.com, 6.22.2007
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There are still about three days left for you to bid on a piece of art and help out Enterprise, AL.
A print of portraits of Taylor Hicks, presented to the 2006 American Idol (and Birmingham native) by Soul Patrol member and artist Wanda Wasilko, (known as Laurensilk) is being auctioned off on eBay. Continue reading
Campaign for Change has been busy today posting Myspace bulletins announcing the pending arrival of 2008 presidential hopeful Barack Obama in Birmingham, Alabama.
He will be making his first visit of the campaign season to the Magic City on July 9, speaking to an audience at the Sheraton Birmingham downtown. He’ll be the latest in the string of presidential hopefuls coming to garner support of party locals. Just last week, Sen. John McCain decided to come into town the Friday night of City Stages.
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Rather than come up with something witty to say about the yearly celebration of the Stars and Stripes, how about a couple of links instead:
USFlag.org – official website for National Flag Day (includes history)
Flag Day in the United States – Wikipedia.com
Now we just have to wait for the formal yearly declaration to be made.
The nation’s first black woman to serve as secretary of state spoke of the importance of that role to members of the Economic Club of New York last night. Condoleezza Rice made her remarks to members of the 107-year old non-partisan public affairs forum as their guest of honor during their Centennial Celebration Dinner. Continue reading
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