Page 4 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, OCTObER 21, 2022 City of Everett’s Roberto Velasquez receives recognition from State House R Special to The Advocate oberto Velasquez, who works in the City of Everett’s Human Resources Department, received recognition from State Representative Joe McGonagle and the Massachusetts House of Representatives for being awarded The Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus (MBLLC) Latino Excellence Award for Hispanic Heritage Month. “This award highlights what State Rep. Joe McGonagle and Roberto Velasquez shook hands after the award was presented. we’ve known about Roberto for a long time,” said Mayor Carlo DeMaria. “He has been going above and beyond his role in HR to help offer many great programs and events Human Resources Generalist Roberto Velasquez is pictured alongside City of Everett Human Resources Department colleagues and State Representative Joe McGonagle. for our residents, especially our Hispanic community, including this Saturday’s Fiesta Del Rio event in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. I’m glad to see him receive recognition beyond the City of Everett for all of the wonderful work he does for our City.” Created in 1973, the MBLLC remains a voice for the state’s communities of color in the RESNEK | FROM PAGE 1 disseminating deposition testimony to The Everett Advocate newspaper, also known as the Advocate News Online or The Advocate Newspaper (“The Advocate”), almost immediately upon the conclusion of any deposition in the case. This appears to be a ploy to stop Mayor Carlo DeMaria’s attorneys from gaining access to evidence about Philbin’s personal funding of the Everett Leader Herald and his use of employees from his businesses to review and edit multiple stories and editorials written by Resnek over multiple years in order to unseat Mayor DeMaria leading up to the 2021 election. Resnek appears to have opened the door to scrutiny of the Philbin business empire after testifying repeatedly under oath that he had sent his stories to Philbin and Elena Vega, a former employee who managed Philbin’s business operations, as well as other employees, and that Philbin was angry at DeMaria because the mayor, Legislature and seeks to empower constituents to gain a deeper sense of political awareness on issues concerning them and their greater communities. The MBLLC remains dedicated to serving communities of color throughout the Commonwealth through legislative, budgetary and community endeavors. in his eyes, was not sufficiently favorable to the Philbin family’s business interests. Tara Philbin, Matthew Philbin’s sister, who runs Philbin Insurance in Everett, and Mary Schovanec, the office manager at the Leader Herald, have all refused to appear despite being served with subpoenas. Philbin and his father, Andrew Philbin, Sr., also a defendant, have not yet appeared to answer questions. The emergency motion cites as exhibits stories published by The Everett Advocate referencing Resnek’s multiple depositions. Atty. Polansky complained about the deposition of Philbin’s former director of operations, Ms. Vega, which featured questions and answers related to Philbin’s financial interests, including his wife’s salary and that of his employees. He claimed that the information had no relevance to the case. Polansky then requested DeMaria’s attorney, Jeffrey Robbins, to agree that such information should be RESNEK | SEE PAGE 10
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