The Nation - News from July 28, 1985
A state official told Alaska’s impeachment hearing for Gov. Bill Sheffield that he was pressured to tailor bid specifications for a state office building lease to benefit a friend of Sheffield. Anselm Staack, who is stepping down as deputy commissioner of administration, told the Senate Rules Committee in Juneau that he was not, however, pressured by the governor himself and that “my contact†was with John Shively, Sheffield’s former chief of staff, who also resigned.
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