Ex-Mayor of Atlanta Gets 2 1/2 Years in Prison
Former Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell, who presided over one of the most prosperous and dynamic periods in the city’s history, was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison and fined $6,300 for tax evasion.
Campbell, 52, was convicted in March. He was cleared of charges he lined his pockets with payoffs as he guided Atlanta during the 1990s. But he was found guilty of failing to pay taxes on what prosecutors said were his ill-gotten gains.
U.S. District Judge Richard Story said he was overcome with a “pall of disappointment over the breadth of misconduct in his administration.”
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