The Re-Modeling Job on Sen. Steven's Home

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Exec: Workers Helped on Senator's Home

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — In the latest sign of corruption problems for Republicans, a corporate executive testified Friday that his employees worked for months to remodel the Alaska home of Sen. Ted Stevens.

Stevens, the longest-serving Republican senator, is under scrutiny in a corruption investigation that also is targeting Alaska state officials.

Bill Allen, former chief executive of oil services company VECO, testified that he spent more than $400,000 to bribe state legislators and for work at Stevens' house in the ski resort town of Girdwood. He said VECO also paid at least two contractors, a plumber and a carpenter, for work on the house. The project in 2000 more than doubled the size of the four-bedroom structure. (Emphasis added.)

Under questioning at the trial of former state House Speaker Pete Kott, Allen said: "I don't think there was a lot of materials" bought for the Stevens remodeling, but "there was some labor."

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Steven's statement on this issue is soooooo much bullshit, IMO. Basically he says that they paid every bill given to them with their own money. Ummmmm....that does NOT say they paid ALL the bills required to remodel the home and double it size...just the ones given to them.

GMAFB....:eyes: