How an Alaska house re-do became a federal case

How an Alaska house re-do became a federal case

By Richard Mauer | Anchorage Daily News



ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The idea to double the size of U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens' home in Girdwood, Alaska, by jacking it up and adding a new first floor was hatched by Veco employees over drinks at the Alyeska Prince Hotel, according to two of the participants.

"This is what I'm thinking — I want to expand Ted's house," former Veco chairman Bill Allen told two of his trusted employees, his nephew David Anderson and Robert "Rocky" Williams. "How can we do this?"

The conversation was recalled in interviews last week by Anderson and Williams, federal grand jury witnesses who may testify at Stevens' corruption trial, scheduled for September. They said it took place in a suite at the Girdwood hotel rented for the night by Allen probably in the spring of 1999 or 2000, Anderson said.

Anderson said he eventually supervised the start of the 2000 renovation project for Veco and continued to respond to maintenance requests by Stevens and his wife over the next few years. He said Veco paid for most of the work and Stevens should have known it.

Williams said he too had a supervisory role on the project and that he made no effort to conceal his employment with Veco when Stevens came around. Anderson described his recollections in a telephone interview last week from his home in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. Williams was interviewed at his home in South Anchorage last week and in 2007.

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I can't wait to see him locked up.