And number two, I understand from the Mass Gaming Commission that, um, Andrea Estes from the Boston Globe has served a FOIA on them for the three certifications of the FBT principles, and, ahhh, the Mass Gaming Commission is going to respond next week and turn over those docs along with some other exhibits. Um, the dollar figure that the City of Everett seems to be arriving at for their taking, is $15 million, one-five-million.

I’ve learned some things in the last 24-hours that might be of interest to you. A few weeks later, Weld left the following message with Gattineri’s attorney Daniel Doherty referencing that the city of Everett was considering taking the land by eminent domain and then selling it to Wynn for the casino ĭan, it’s Bill Weld at Mintz Levin. Weld and Tocco both met with Gattineri at the Hawthorne Hotel in the spring of 2014 in Salem, MA (yes, the same as the infamous Salem Witch Trials) to implore him to sign the certificate. he was accompanied by Wynn’s gaming license champion, former Massachusetts governor and 2020 republican presidential candidate William “Bill” Weld. Tocco was not alone when he met with Gattineri. Wynn enlisted ML’s Chairman and CEO, Stephen Tocco, to personally get involved in meeting with Gattineri to obtain his signature. Gattineri was pursued to sign the MGC certificate by ML Strategies, Wynn’s consulting firm and the consulting affiliate of the powerful law firm Mintz Levin. Gattineri’s refusal to sign jeopardized Wynn’s chances of obtaining the license and pursuit of his signature became the lore of Boston backdoor dealings. a loss of $19 million to Gattineri had the original price been honored. Lohnes and DeNunzio immediately signed, but Gattineri refused, frustrated not only by the additional requirement of signing the certificate but also still reeling from the discounted land price. MGC then asked the three partners at FBT (Lohnes, Gattineri and DeNunzio) to sign a certification stating that the proceeds from the land sale, even at the discounted price, would not be shared with anyone else.

The pressure was on for Gattineri to sign the certification but he grew suspicious over the intentions of his business partners. We’ll just sit on that site for the rest of our lives.” Every single person in Everett will hate us. If we back out, the only thing that will be developed on that site will be us cleaning it up, and the cleanup will be miserable because they’ll be all over us. Lohnes told Gattineri, “First off, we’re in a no-win situation. Lohnes visited Gattineri at his home on Sunday, Novemto try to convince Gattineri to accept the discounted land price.

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