EV Vol. 32, No.32 -FREEEVE ER TT Your Local news in 6 Languages! Subscribe to the Advocate Online! ADDOCCO TEAT www.advocatenews.net Free Every Friday 617-387-2200 Friday, August 11, 2023 Philbin admits to knowing mayor’s real estate deal was legit, yet published lies Resnek describes his sunrise Café meetings to obtain cash payments By James Mitchell I n an Aug. 8, 2023, deposition given by Matthew Philbin, the owner of the Everett Leader Herald newspaper, who is currently embattled in a defamation lawsuit fi led by Mayor Carlo DeMaria, Jr. against him, publisher 5.0 Joshua Resnek, Andrew Philbin, Sr., Dorchester Publications, LLC and City Clerk Sergio Cornelio, Philbin reveals he knew that the Corey Street property deal between the mayor and city clerk was legitimate yet published lies and fabrications written by Resnek a year later in order to defeat %APY* INSURED 9 Month CD Dream Bigger YOUR SAVINGS HORIZON IS LOOKING BRIGHTER. Here’s your chance to reach your savings goal faster than ever. Everett Bank’s 9 Month CD with an amazing 5.0% APY* gets you closer to those financial goals much faster. Easily calculate better earnings with Everett Bank’s 9 Month CD. Go to everettbank.com to easily open your account online in just minutes. the mayor in the 2021 election. Representing the mayor, Atty. Jeffrey Robbins opened the third deposition asking Philbin to elaborate on a May 5, 2021, email between himself and Resnek, where Resnek brags about his enjoyment as publisher of the newspaper, writing, “I’m going to run this guy out of offi ce,” referring to the mayor, and taking credit for the mayor having two opponents, Fred Capone and Guerline Alcy, in the Sept. 2021 primary. “I am the single cause of these two running against him. What a pleasure. Today I deliver stores [sic] throughout the city like a lumber [sic] like the shit head I am and again I love doing that. My delivery team will be going door to door. The mayor cannot beat my door-to-door messaging,” writes Resnek. In the same email, Resnek boasts to Philbin about the payoff he will make in support of their yellow journalism. “Then tomorrow at eight at a place called the Sunrise Cafe on Main Street in Everett, a friend of one of the two people running against the mayor will meet me for breakfast. I will treat him to breakfast and he will invite me out to his car, a Mercedes. He will open the trunk and point, and I will reach into the trunk and take away a beautiful package, a thick almost heavy envelope licked shut with $2,000 in $20 bills stacked neatly inside. A very nice morning. I will do this every week until the September primary to aid his man in winning,” writes the corrupt reporter. “Did you know that Mr. Resnek was having meetings and receiving cash?” asked the attorney. Philbin answered that he wasn’t aware of Resnek’s breakfast meetings but stated he was very much aware that the newspaper desperately needed funding to publish extra copies and cover delivery costs for the 2021 mayoral primary and general elections. Philbin said he couldn’t recall any meetings by Resnek at the Sunrise Café in Everett. When asked if he knew a local Everett businessman named John Mattuchio, Philbin stated he knew of him, saying Resnek may have mentioned his name. RESNEK | SEE PAGE 17 *Annual Percentage Yield (APY) is accurate as of the date posted and is subject to change without notice. APY assumes that interest remains on deposit until maturity. A withdrawal will reduce earnings. A penalty may be imposed for early withdrawal. Offer may be withdrawn at any time. Minimum of $500 is required to open a Certificate of Deposit and earn the advertised APY. Member FDIC | Member DIF All Deposits Are Insured In Full. SINCE 1921 Messinger Insurance Agency 475 Broadway Everett, MA 02149 Phone: 617-387-2700 Fax: 617-387-7753 NEW COMPETITIVE AUTO RATES AND BENEFITS AVAILABLE ACCIDENT FORGIVENESS DISAPPEARING COLLISION DEDUCTIBLE 11% DISCOUNT WITH SUPPORTING POLICY 10% COMBINED PAY IN FULL DISCOUNT AND GREEN DISCOUNT 10% GOOD STUDENT DISCOUNT Celebrating 100 years of excellence! Monday thru Friday: 8am to 6pm Saturdays 9am to 1pm! Check out our NEW website! www.messingerinsurance.com US Attorney’s Offi ce Closes Everett Inquiry No Further Action Following 14-Month Review E VERETT, Mass - By letter dated August 8, 2023, the United States Attorney’s Offi ce for the District of Massachusetts and the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (together, the “Department of Justice”) jointly informed the City of Everett that the Department of Justice is closing a preliminary inquiry relating to allegations of racial discrimination, gender discrimination, and sexual harassment by City employees and offi cials. INQUIRY | SEE PAGE 20 Carlo DeMaria Mayor
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