Page 12 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, ApRil 28, 2023 RESNEK | FROM PAGE 10 mayor, then they aren’t with us - as you can’t be with us and be with the mayor at the same time.” “That’s what he writes you?” asks the attorney. “That’s what he wrote,” replies Philbin. When shown another email where Resnek states to Philbin that “these attacks are brutal” on the mayor, Phibin is asked if he, as the owner of the newspaper, ever informed Resnek that he didn’t want to be “brutal” on the mayor. “You loved the fact that the paper was being brutal on DeMaria, no?” asked Robbins. “No,” replied Philbin. The attorney shows Philbin a Blue Suit column where Resnek proudly declares, “This is but one comment of several just like it that I do not solicit. These attacks are brutal for him and reach all the right places in addition.” Philbin claims he doesn’t know who he (Resnek) is referring to in his email. “Did you contact Mr. Resnek and say, I don’t understand what you mean here. You say these attacks are brutal for him. What articles are you referring to?” Philbin replies, “I don’t remember that.” The questioning turns to Resnek’s email which says that he will share in any money from a book he’s writing about the Wynn Casino license and the mayor with Philbin. “You and I share in any money from the book so hyping the book at Carlo’s expense is a win-win for us,” states Resnek. Philbin states that Resnek wrote “a couple of books” and that he’s not really concerned about his books and they never had an agreement. “So did you contact Mr. Resnek and say, ‘Mr. Resnek, you say that you and I are sharing in money from a book. That’s not true.’ Did you do that?” ”No, I didn’t, no,” replied Philbin. In one of Resnek’s Eye on Everett columns from Nov. 2020 which he submits to Philbin and two of his employees in an email chain, Resnek asks Philbin if he thinks the mayor or his wife would like it – the editorial he has written attacking the mayor. Atty. Robbins asks Philbin if he enjoys the idea of these articles upsetting Mr. DeMaria and his wife. “Did you enjoy the idea of these articles that were being published hurting Mrs. DeMaria?” asked the attorney. “No,” replied the newspaper owner. In a December 2020 email, Resnek states, “Only the mayor matters and we’re out to get him.” Philbin denies that Resnek’s statement is referring to him. Robbins asks Philbin if he called Resnek to inform him that he wasn’t out to get the mayor as he was, Philbin replied he didn’t remember. “…you’re the only person he’s writing on this email, right?” asks Robbins. “Yes, that’s what it looks like,” he replied. ‘We will crush this guy. We are crushing this guy. He’s had 12 years to build himself up. We’re into our second full year of trying to take him out.’ Right?” asks the attorney. “That’s what it says, yes.” Philbin was then asked if that was what accurately described what he and Resnek were doing to the mayor, Philbin said he didn’t believe so. When asked if he contacted Resnek to inform him that he was having a negative impact on the mayor, Philbin stated that he couldn’t remember. Resnek’s email continued, “At some point, these two points will meet - him acting as though he is a king when in fact he is a scoundrel and us becoming known even more profoundly as the paper that tells the truth and drives him from offi ce.” Philbin would admit that, although he wasn’t trying to drive the mayor out of offi ce, he was hoping he would be beat in the election by his challenger Fred Capone. “Driving him out of offi ce” was only a fi gure of speech, claimed Philbin. “You wanted to see him indicted?” said Robbins. “I didn’t say that,” answered Philbin. “I’m asking you, did you?” asked the attorney. “No. I would hope not,” replied Philbin. Who knew the Everett Leader Herald owner cared so much?
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