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Oil Co. Planned Stevens' Home Renovation

Posted Aug 4, 08 3:51 PM CDT in Crime & Courts,  Politics 

(Newser) – The plan to renovate Sen. Ted Stevens’ Alaska home was formed by oil-company employees, participants tell the Anchorage Daily News. The renovation, central to allegations of corruptions against the indicted Republican, was supervised by a Veco employee and paid for by the company, investigators say. Stevens’ home gained a new first floor that made it one story taller.

"This is what I'm thinking—I want to expand Ted's house," Veco’s ex-CEO is said to have told another employee. "How can we do this?" Veco then proceeded to pay for contractors, construction crews, and landscaping, and even had a company-owned crane brought in to haul an electric generator onto Stevens’ property.

Source Anchorage Daily News

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Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, walks to a waiting car as he leaves federal court in Washington where he pleaded not guilty on charges that he lied about hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts.   (AP Photo)
Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, leaves federal court with his daughter Beth, left, after pleading not guilty on charges that he lied about hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts.   (AP Photo)
Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, leaves court in Washington last week after pleading not guilty on charges that he lied about hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts from an oil services contractor.   (AP Photo)
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