Senator McGuire Announces Engagement via Legislative Notice

Sparks controversy, but McGuire stands by decision

By Bill McAllister
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Story Created: Feb 17, 2012 at 11:23 AM AKDT

Story Updated: Feb 17, 2012 at 11:23 AM AKDT

ANCHORAGE - Senator Lesil McGuire got engaged on Valentine’s Day, but the way she announced it has inspired a bit of a post-Valentine’s Day massacre.

McGuire send out the notice of her pending marriage to Anchorage lawyer Jason Skala on her State Senate stationery, with the email being distributed by a senate aide.

The use of official letterhead inspired derogatory phone calls to the Casey Reynolds Show on KFQD, and online under the story in the Anchorage Daily News.

But a cheerful McGuire said today there are legitimate reasons for using her office that way.

“It is a matter of laws, and he will be a public figure subject to everything,” McGuire said. “And in fact, he's already now, as a result of being my fiancé, subject to them. So all the appearance of impropriety statutes and all of the conflict of interest statutes and things will be out there. And so I think it's good to have as many people know about it in the public."

This will be McGuire’s third marriage. Her second husband, former Representative Tom Anderson, was released from federal prison last year after serving a sentence for political corruption.
 

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Anon said on Saturday, Feb 25 at 9:05 PM

Voters send her packing, yes. Lesil McGuire epitomizes narcissism and Borderline Personality Disorder. She is unstable, self serving and a dishonest and evil human being.

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RonAK said on Sunday, Feb 19 at 11:04 PM

Really, wasn't it covered by "demorat" TV, namely KTUU? She could have just as easily had it covered/announced in the social page(s). But, I love her "public servant" speak. Time for voters to send her packing next election.

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anon said on Sunday, Feb 19 at 7:50 AM

Absolutely remarkable that two-fer McGuire is not being released from prison along with Anderson... that she even went on a state junket to Norway pushed her credibility over the edge... she is clueless and damaging to the state of alaska... Two-fer please do the right thing and Palinout your term

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Anonymous said on Friday, Feb 17 at 1:18 PM

who cares who she is banging now...the last guy she hooked up with ended up in prison...so what now she took the attorney who represented him???

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