Dan Henry. (Photo courtesy of The Skagway News)
A Skagway resident who was sentenced to a year in prison on federal tax charges has filed to run for borough assembly.
Dan Henry resigned from the assembly last fall in order to report to federal prison. Now, he is back in Skagway and running for election again.
In 2016, Henry pleaded guilty to willful failure to timely file federal income taxes. He was convicted on four misdemeanor charges and sentenced to a year and a day in prison. He was also ordered to pay $600,000 in restitution to the federal government.
On top of that, Henry was penalized by the state’s campaign finance watchdog. The Alaska Public Offices Commission fined him $22,000 for incomplete public office disclosures. Henry maintained that he misunderstood the paperwork.
Henry is the only Skagway assembly candidate to file by Monday’s deadline. There are two seats opening this October.
Prior to incarceration, Henry served in Skagway government for close to 20 years.
He did not return calls for comment for this story.
Mark Schaefer is running for re-election as mayor. He is currently unopposed. Schaefer is finishing up his second two-year mayoral term.
The only competitive race so far is the one for school board. Four residents are running for two open seats. Cara Cosgrove put in a bid to retain her position. Chezare Doxey Leipold, Heather Rodig and Denise Sager also threw their names in the running.
There is still time for residents interested in running as write-ins. The deadline is Sept. 29, just a few days before the Oct. 3 election.
This story has been updated with more information.
This guy stole salmon from a local gillnetter for his fish co in Skagway. Any plans Dan to pay for those beautiful fresh wild sockeye?
Also: Last fall Dan Henry was fined $22,000 by the Alaska Public Offices Commission. In running for office is it reasonable to assume this fine has been paid?
Question to be answered here-if he cheated on his taxes and falsely reported his income then it only follows that the quarterly city taxes were cheated on also.So why has this never been discussed or investigated by the city of Skagway???
Something just needs to be made public knowledge here.
This is really outrageous that he can even run for office.Don’t you at least have to be of good moral character to hold public office???