By Suzanne Downing 
A multi-part complaint has been filed with the Alaska Public Offices Commission alleging that Anchorage School Board member Dora Wilson failed to make required disclosures under the state’s Public Official Financial Disclosure law and may have improperly claimed a primary-residence property tax exemption – a separate issue that would typically be referred to other authorities. The detailed complaint is so alarming it raises the question of whether fraud has been committed.
The complaint, filed by Alaskan Tyler Vose, was transmitted to Wilson in a notice referencing Case 25-23-POFD and gives her until Nov. 19 to respond.
The complaint spans 13 pages and attaches dozens of supporting records, including property deeds and assessor searches, corporate and nonprofit filings in Alaska and Arizona, federal procurement records, and SAM.gov registrations.
It alleges Wilson failed to fully disclose real property holdings, trust interests, spousal business interests, and income tied to federal contracts; and that addresses listed across filings obscure where business activities and residency actually occur.
Among the specific allegations:
• Real property and trust interests – The filing cites properties associated with the Wilsons or the Laverne (LaVerne) Wilson Trust, including 1111 and 1115 Nelchina St. in Anchorage; 1385 Bennington Dr. in Anchorage; and parcels on Boardwalk Trail and Funny River Road in the Kenai Peninsula Borough. The complaint alleges that Wilson’s annual POFDs between 2021 and 2025 either omitted properties, disclosed them only generically, or failed to identify trust roles and interests.
• Primary residence claim – The complaint questions an owner-occupied tax exemption claimed for 1111 Nelchina St., asserting that other filings and mailing addresses, most notably 1385 Bennington Dr., call into doubt continuous, exclusive occupancy needed for the Nelchina St. exemption. The Nelchina St. property is listed as a bed-and-breakfast, calling into question the claim that it is her primary residence.
Clearly she lives at Bennington. Even the APOC letter was addressed to Bennington! How can that happen if 1111 Nelchina is her primary residence for property tax exemption purposes.
• Unreported rental income – It alleges 1115 Nelchina St. is a two-family residential property with rental potential and that comparable properties are operated as rentals, yet Wilson’s POFDs do not report corresponding rental income.
• Spousal business interests and federal contracts – The complaint states that Wilson’s spouse, Marcus Wilson, principal of Wendler Middle School,  owns and manages Garcia Wilson Logistics LLC and that the company received a series of US Forest Service contracts in 2023–2025 totaling roughly $269,509 in awards. It alleges none of this household business income or federal contracting activity was disclosed on Wilson’s POFDs.
• Address and disclosure discrepancies – The filing points to shifting or residential addresses for Garcia Wilson Logistics in Arizona (including a Phoenix home and a Peoria apartment complex address without a unit number), alongside continued use of the Anchorage Bennington Drive address, and claims APOC filings did not accurately reflect where the business operates.
“To lawfully claim this exemption under Anchorage Municipal Code and Alaska Statute, a property must serve as the true and exclusive primary residence of the applicant. This means that the person and, if applicable, their spouse must actually and physically reside at that property as their principal home—not merely own or sporadically occupy it. The law is designed to deliver relief to genuine owner-occupants and to prevent individuals from receiving tax benefits on properties that are not genuinely their homes. However, a review of official records, business filings, and government documents makes clear that both Dora and Marcus Wilson have repeatedly and concurrently used multiple other addresses—most notably 1385 Bennington Drive in Anchorage, which serves as their trust and mailing address, and out-of-state residential addresses in Phoenix—for business filings, property records, and trust documents. These alternative addresses appear not just occasionally, but as dominant contact points over multiple years, including in filings where residency is material. The persistent and documented pattern of using and publicly filing alternative addresses—some for official business, some for nonprofit and trust purposes—contradicts the exclusive occupancy the law requires,” the complaint says.
• Nonprofit roles – The complaint further alleges Wilson understated executive positions held by herself and her spouse with the Alaska-based nonprofit AK Hopes and Dreams Project by describing them merely as board roles rather than officer roles with fiduciary responsibility. Both Dora Wilson and her school principal husband have Title 1  fiduciary roles.
Citing AS 39.50 and related regulations, the complaint argues that Alaska law requires municipal officials and candidates to truthfully disclose all real property interests, business ownerships, trust or fiduciary roles, nonprofit executive positions, and sources of income for themselves and their spouses. It also references municipal and state law restricting owner-occupied property tax exemptions to genuine primary residences, and notes potential criminal penalties for knowingly submitting false or incomplete official statements.
Wilson has the right to file an answer within 15 days of the APOC notification, responding to the allegations and providing documentation. The allegations outlined in the complaint have not been adjudicated, and no finding has been made by the Commission at this time. Likely Wilson will need to lawyer-up because of the potential for criminal prosecution of some of her activities.
On the school board, Wilson is the board clerk and serves on these committees:
Communications (chair), Governance, School Based Community Health Centers (SBCHC), National Black Caucus of SB Members (NSBA), National Native American/Alaskan Native Caucus (NSBA), National Hispanic Caucus (NSBA)
This is a developing story. We will update readers as APOC’s investigation progresses, as filings become public, and if Wilson submits a response by the Nov. 19 deadline.
The letter from APOC to Wilson cc’s the Attorney General’s office, which indicates there is a potential criminal aspect to some of these violations.. This is one of the worst possible cases that this author has seen in terms of APOC violations, and far worse than the case brought against the late Ben Stevens.
Documents pertaining to these complaints can be found at this link.
Sounds like Latisha James!
This is EXACTLY why neighbors leaning Right or any neighbor just wanting leaders to do the Right thing Must be involved in their districts at the foundation as boards, commissions, and councils
Change begins when its Foundation is rebuilt If you want to see any community start to shift into a new direction
Change doesn’t start with a Governor Eventhough that race is no less important, change always starts at the foundation
*and there is more undisclosed secrets than this if there were more neighbors more involved