Page 16 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, July 22, 2022 RESNEK | FROM PAGE 15 stated that he “didn’t have to.” “Is there any place that I could actually find evidence that these precise quotes were said by Mr. Cornelio to anybody?” asked Robbins. “No,” stated Resnek. Once again, Resnek’s notes returned to the conversation when the attorney asked him when he took notes on the day he claimed he spoke to Cornelio briefly at the City Clerk’s Office at City Hall, and the statements made about the mayor and the Corey Street deal. Resnek previously testified under oath that he didn’t want to use his notebook he carried around in his back pocket while delivering the newspapers that day because he didn’t want to intimidate Cornelio, so he made some notes after he left the office. Resnek now claimed that he made notes from that short interview with Cornelio in the notebook after he left City Hall, but when asked for the notes of the interview, Resnek stated he didn’t have them. He then stated that some of the notes from the interview were in the notebook and also on his computer. Robbins took exception to Resnek’s answers because he had earlier testified under oath that he made his notes in the notebook in question after the articles were published and after he was sued. “Was that what your sworn testimony was?” asked Robbins. “Yes,” replied Resnek. Refresh my memory Robbins reminded Resnek of the testimony he made LEGAL NOTICE CITY OF EVERETT, MASSACHUSETTS PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Public Hearing on an application by East Broadway, LLC Property located at: 12 Dexter Street, 3-5 Bow Street, 2 Thompson Place, Thompson Place, 33, 35, and 51 Mystic Street, 14-16 Robin Street, 15 Broadway, portion of 1 Broadway Site Plan Review & Special Permits In accordance with the provisions of M.G.L Chapter 40A and with Section 30 of the Everett Zoning Ordinance, the Everett Planning Board will conduct a public hearing on Monday, August 1, 2022 at 6:00PM in the Speaker George Keverian Room (Room 37, Everett City Hall) to consider the above-listed application for Site Plan Review and Special Permits. This proposal is for the development of multiple sites, including the construction of an approximately 15,365 gross-square-foot restaurant, approximately 20,153 grosssquare-foot night club, approximately 15,566 gross-squarefoot rooftop day club, approximately 7,826 gross-squarefoot comedy club, approximately 25,919 gross-square-foot function room, approximately 999-seat theater and associated pre-function space, approximately 10,446 gross-square-foot foyer and atrium, approximately 2,137 space parking garage, as well as, a pedestrian bridge to cross Broadway (Route 99) and connect to the Encore Boston Harbor. A copy of the application and plans are on file and available in the Office of the City Clerk and the Department of Planning and Development, both located at City Hall, 484 Broadway, Everett, MA 02149 and can be inspected online anytime at http://www.cityofeverett.com/449/Planning-Board or by request during regular City Hall business hours by contacting The Planning and Development Office at 617-3942334. All persons interested in or wishing to be heard on the applications may attend and participate in person. This project, along with all other projects to be discussed at the meeting, can be found on the posted Agenda at the following link: http:// www.cityofeverett.com/AgendaCenter. comments can be directed in advance of the public hearing to Matt Lattanzi of the Department of Planning & Development at Matt.Lattanzi@ci.everett.ma.us or 617-394-2230. Frederick Cafasso Chairman Everett Planning Board July 15, 22, 2022 the week before when he described how he had a notebook in his back pocket and was carrying newspapers when he went to the City Clerk’s Office and after speaking to Cornelio, he claimed, he went outside and wrote down some notes. “You went outside and made some notes about the conversation you just had, right?” asked Robbins, asking Resnek about his testimony. “Yes,” he said. “But that’s not true, is it?” asked the attorney. “No, it isn’t,” said Resnek. Robbins continued his questioning, asking Resnek about his previous answers relating to the Cornelio conversation, claiming he didn’t take notes because “he didn’t have to.” And when he was reminded of his answer, Resnek then claimed he had taken notes but didn’t know their whereabouts. And when asked again where the notes were, Resnek pointed to the notebook, stating, “They’re in here.” Robbins then asked him if the statement he made claiming to taking notes after he left Cornelio’s office was false; Resnek admitted to providing inaccurate sworn testimony. When asked if he intentionally didn’t take notes of the conversation with Cornelio “because he didn’t have to,” Resnek then changed his answer, saying it wasn’t true and then pointed to the Sept. 8 Leader Herald newspaper article. When Robbins read the and/ quotes in the article attributed to Cornelio about the Corey Street deal that claims the mayor “wanted a piece of the action” or that he (Cornelio) claimed he was badgered and bothered by the mayor to the point that it affected his health and well-being, among other quotes in the article, Resnek replied that Cornelio did not make any of those statements to him. Resnek claimed he made the statement that he didn’t need to write down the quotes or take notes because he’s “lived the story, the arc of the story, for two and a half years,” stating he knew that from talking to Cornelio and Philbin. “None of the things that you Questions and say Mr. Cornelio said to you, said to the paper, are things that he said to you; am I right?” asked Robbins. “That’s correct,” replied Resnek. Resnek then admitted that he has no notes of anything Cornelio or Philbin said to him, just the article he wrote. Global implications Robbins produced an email where Resnek sent a draft of his article to Boston Globe reporter Andrea Estes on Sept. 6, 2021, where she tells Resnek to get a copy of the $96,000 check made out to the mayor, and to provide better context as to Resnek’s claiming that “the mayor demanded another city official for a payoff.” Resnek at first claimed he didn’t know whom he sent the draft of his article to but was reminded by his attorney that he revealed his source in previous testimony. He then admitted to writing a quote attributed to Cornelio stating that the mayor had “shook him down,” then admitted that Cornelio never made the statement. “And Mr. Cornelio had never said to you that the mayor had demanded a payoff, correct?” “That’s correct,” answered Resnek. In the email, Estes warned Resnek that what Cornelio was alleging is a criminal act; Resnek agreed, but in spite of the warning, Resnek published the story with quotes Cornelio never said. Resnek told Robbins that the statements were the sum and substance of what Cornelio said. When asked if he knew what the definition of a quote was, the Resnek replied that it’s “not necessarily the exact words.” “When you use quotation marks and you say that somebody said something and you put quotation marks around them, you are representing to the reader that those are the words that he used; am I right?” asked Robbins. “Yes,” responded Resnek. Robbins asked Resnek if, after being warned by Estes, he changed his article so that he didn’t quote Cornelio saying that the mayor demanded a payoff; Resnek claimed to not recalling that. The attorney then asked for the drafts of the article; Resnek’s Attorney, Bernie Guekguezian, stated that his office was in the process of obtaining them. Resnek admitted to making changes – linguistic edits – to RESNEK | SEE PAGE 17 LEGAL NOTICE CITY OF EVERETT, MASSACHUSETTS PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Public Hearing on an application by Greystar East Development, LLC Property located at: 1690 Revere Beach Parkway In accordance with the provisions of M.G.L Chapter 41, Sections 81K-81GG and the City of Everett Planning Board Rules and Regulations Governing the Subdivision of Land, the Everett Planning Board will conduct a public hearing on Monday, August 1, 2022 at 6:00PM in the Speaker George Keverian Room (Room 37, Everett City Hall) to consider the above-listed application for approval of a Definitive Subdivision Plan. This proposal for Subdivision, entitled “Park Road Subdivision”, consists of subdividing a 6.90 acre-site (5.64 acres of which are located in Everett, 1.26 acres of which are located in Chelsea) into three separate lots. 1690 Revere Beach Parkway is a parcel of land referenced by Assessor’s Department as K0-04-000094. A copy of the application and plans are on file and available in the Office of the City Clerk and the Department of Planning and Development, both located at City Hall, 484 Broadway, Everett, MA 02149 and can be inspected online anytime at http://www.cityofeverett.com/449/Planning-Board or by request during regular City Hall business hours by contacting The Planning and Development Office at 617-3942334. All persons interested in or wishing to be heard on the applications may attend and participate in person. This project, along with all other projects to be discussed at the meeting, can be found on the posted Agenda at the following link: http:// www.cityofeverett.com/AgendaCenter. comments can be directed in advance of the public hearing to Matt Lattanzi of the Department of Planning & Development at Matt.Lattanzi@ci.everett.ma.us or 617-394-2230. Frederick Cafasso Chairman Everett Planning Board July 15, 22, 2022 and/ Questions and
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