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ZBA Hearing - June 12, 2024

Philadelphia Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA)Jun 12, 20245h 17m

All right, we'll keep working with Tom.

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We want to start.

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One second, Chair.

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The attendees are still coming in.

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Okay.

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well okay okay yep you can start sorry all right morning everyone my name is bill bergman and i

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will be chairing this morning's zba hearing um first and foremost we're sorry for uh we were

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late um we we try not to do this but we're going to move the case along and thank you for

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bearing with us. With me today is our vice chair, Ismael Shahid.

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Present, Mr. Chairman. Also, Leonard LeBaron Palmer from the Division of Development Services

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serving as our alternate board member. Present, Mr. Chairman. And hopefully in a

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short period of time, Mr. Holloman will be on. Also here is Hillary Emerson, our attorney,

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and Tanya Sunkett, our executive officer. Here's our virtual format. The proceedings are being

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recorded. With your participation, you agree to be recorded. The video will be available by

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contacting tanyasunkett at phil.gov. For our court stenographer, we ask attorneys and witnesses to

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identify themselves before testifying. If you're participating via phone, press star 9 to raise

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your hand and star six to unmute. To enter an appearance statement call, 267-270-5548. Leave

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your email address and the address of the property in question. And finally, the question box on the

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screen is not for comments or testimony. All comments should be directed to our executive

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director, Tanya Sunken. Let's look at this morning's list and our schedule.

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Number three. MI 2022-007-359-7105 Grays Avenue, Vernon Anastasio. Are you in the audience, Mr. Anastasio?

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Good morning, Chair. This is Yvette Benton. I'll be your co-host for today.

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Thank you.

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Mr. Anastasio has been unmuted and allowed to speak.

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Mr. Anastasio, could you state your name and spell for the court sonographer?

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Good morning, Mr. Chair.

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Vern Anastasio, A-N-A-S-T-A-S-I-O.

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Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?

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Yes, sir.

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Number three, 7105 Grays Avenue.

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I understand you want a continuance.

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Could you please give us an update?

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In fact, I've reconsidered, and I think I'll just withdraw and resubmit a new development scheme.

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um mr anastasio thank you very much you're welcome so mi 2022 007 359 7105 grays avenue

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this case has been withdrawn number four mi 2023

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002 377 2655 south hutchison street this case has is continued

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Number six, MI 2023-004-486-7201 Marsden Street. This case is continued.

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Number 8, MI 2023-004-531-9877 Breed Road, this case is continued.

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And number 17, MI 2024-000-642-742 Christian Street, this case has continued.

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Are there any other requests for continuances?

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Chair, we have Devin Ukta with his hand up.

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He's been unmuted and allowed to speak.

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counsel could you please state your name and spell for the court stenographer

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yes chair devin d-e-v-i-n uqd-a-h right do you swear or firm to tell the truth the whole truth

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nothing but the truth yes chair counsel you're here for 31 13 north 16th street yes chair could

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you tell us the status yes i recently took over this case and i'm still getting updated with the

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client in a form of counsel so i'm asking for a continuance uh while i get all the documents in

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So I'm asking for a continuance while I get all the documents in order.

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order okay so

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Okay.

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So this is the fifth listing.

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This has to be heard the next time.

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Yes, sir.

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Okay.

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And we still on our end here, we still have no exhibits for this.

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So make sure you get the exhibits together, too.

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Okay, so MI-2022-001-943-3113 North 16th Street.

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This case must be heard.

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This case next time will be the last time we have this case.

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Thank you very much, sir.

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Any other requests for continuance?

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Chair, we have a phone number ending in 3552.

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Caller, you have been unmuted and allowed to speak.

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Good morning.

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Good morning.

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Hello.

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Hi.

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Hello, this is Adrian Fernandez.

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Okay, Adrian, do me a favor.

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I know, could you state your name again and spell for the court stenographer, please?

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Okay, sorry.

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Adrian Fernandez, Swampoodle Neighborhood Positors Association, RCO.

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Right.

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Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth?

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All right.

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Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?

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Yes.

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And what case are you here for today?

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I was calling about 3113 North 16th Street, but the new attorney, we haven't met the person at all.

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They came on and asked for another must-be-heard hearing date.

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So, yes. All right. I knew that he took this over from another attorney.

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We're going to give him one more. The next hearing date must be heard.

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That'll be the last time we're going to do this case, okay?

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OK, thank you. Oh, thank you. Right. Any other continuance request?

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Chair, I see no hands at this time. Right. So number 10, MI 2023-004-605-4820 Brown Street.

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Martha Inyang is the owner applicant. It's pro se. We have no exhibits. This is the second listing.

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chair i see no one in the audience by that name we have no exhibits this is second listing

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no one appeared the last time we called this case chair we do have another hand up but it's

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not the name you call it looks like the name is howard cohen let's let's see if that's for

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that's for another case mr chair that's for one that we'll be proceeding later

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All right. Thank you. So MI2023-004-605-4820 Brown Street. Second listing. No one appeared last time. We have no exhibits. I vote to dismiss.

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Mr. Chair, I just wanted to clarify for the record on this one. We continued the case last time. No one appeared, but someone did appear later, just to clarify for the record. But no one is here today.

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Okay, thank you. We're still going to move this ahead to dismiss. LeBaron?

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I'm here, Chair. LeBaron Leonard Palmer. Vote to dismiss. Vote to dismiss. Thank you.

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Aish?

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Aish, no. Shaheed, my vote is to dismiss.

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Thank you.

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Number 16.

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16. MI 2024-000-603-2113 Shelton Avenue. This is the first listing and we have no exhibits.

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Angelus McKinney and Kanye Investments is the listed owner.

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Chair Angelique McKinney has been unmuted and allowed to speak

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Good morning, Angelique

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Good morning

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Hi, could you state your name and spell, please, for the court's sonographer?

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Angelique McKinney, A-N-G-E-L-I-Q-U-E, McKinney, M-C-K-I-N-N-E-Y

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Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?

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Yeah

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Okay, we have no exhibits

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We didn't receive any exhibits from you for this case.

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What to do?

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Enter your meeting.

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Yes.

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We don't have any exhibits for your case.

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Exhibits for our ass.

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This is my first time doing any of this.

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Okay, so here's what you should do.

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Okay.

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Call our office.

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They will tell you everything you need.

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We're going to continue this today so that the next time you'll be ready to go,

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and the staff will work with you and explain to you what you need, okay?

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Okay. Thank you.

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Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Chair, I have a couple of questions.

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Mr. Chair, I have a couple of questions for Ms. McKinney.

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Ms. McKinney, are you the owner or the tenant of this property?

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I'm the owner.

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Okay. So you own it under Coinenia Investments, LLC?

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No, that's who I bought it from.

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Oh, that's who you bought it from. So you own it in your individual name?

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Yes, ma'am.

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Okay. I just wanted to make sure because according to our records, it was the owner is an LLC and then an attorney would be needed. But if you own it solely in your name, not in any business entity, you can represent yourself before the board.

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Okay.

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Thank you.

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Thank you. So MI 2024-000603-2113 Chelton Avenue. This case has been continued.

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Okay, and then number seven, MI 2023-004-487-523 Pine Street. Daniel Ward is the attorney. Is Mr. Ward here?

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chair i see no one in the audience by that name and no hands are up

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okay so um mr ward has been in contact with us that this case excuse me chair

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yep a hand just went out with the phone number ending in nine one seven six okay let's see

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caller you have been unmuted please wait for the chair

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Good morning. Could you please state your name?

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I believe that may be board member Holloman.

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Mr. Holloman, is that you on the phone?

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Paula, with the phone number ending in 9176, you've been unmuted.

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it seems like they may be having technical difficulties all right thank you so thank you

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so so number seven mi 2023 004 487 523 pine street this case has been withdrawn and number 14

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MI 2024-000-592-336-South 17th Street, this case has been withdrawn.

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We're going to do one of the cases in our add-on list.

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Number three, MI 2024-00148, 8430 Busselton Avenue, TA-224608.

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The vote in this matter has been rescheduled to June 26, 2024 at 9.30 a.m.

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The other add-ons we will do later.

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We're going to our regular list, and we're going to start with number five.

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MI-2023-002-921-2018 East Ontario Street.

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Almeido Solis is the owner applicant.

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It's pro se.

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We also have a Spanish interpreter for this case.

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Chair, we have several hands up.

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Okay.

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We have Bedita Cadeo with their hand up, and we have a Stephen all day.

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Yeah, I was going to say, Ms. Cadeo, I believe, has the applicant with her for this case.

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I see we have two hands for a Spanish interpreter.

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We have two cases that require interpretation.

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I'm not sure which interpreter was assigned to which case, but this is 2018 East Ontario Street.

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spanish interpreter hello hello judge this is hello chair this is uh leonel this is a spanish

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interpreter okay good morning could you please state your name and spell for the court stenographer

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yes sir my name is leonel it is spelled l-e-o-n as in nancy e-l last name gillen g-u-i-l-l-e-n

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you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth

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I swear

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could you please call for us Almedo Solis

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el señor Almedo Solis

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está presente

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Almedo Solis

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Lock, lock, lock.

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Hello, could you please have this person state his name and spell for the court stenographer?

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Muy bien, usted por favor puede decirme su nombre y deletrearlo para el stenógrafo de la corte, por favor.

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Olmedo P. Solis Torres.

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Me lo deletrea, por favor.

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O-L-M-E-D-O-P-I-O-S-O-L-I-S, Solis.

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Gracias.

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Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth?

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¿Usted jura que va a decir la verdad, toda la verdad y nada más que la verdad?

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I swear I'm going to say the truth and nothing but the truth.

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Thank you very much.

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Our vice chair has...

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Excuse me, Mr. Chair.

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Sorry, excuse me.

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Can we have the interpreter provide his last name and swear him in, please?

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Thank you.

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Yes, yes, of course.

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I did.

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Okay.

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Chair, you did not swear me in.

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Pardon me?

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You did not swear me in.

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I just spelled my name.

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Oh, I'm sorry.

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Do you swear?

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I thought I did.

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Do you swear?

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for him to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth oh well yes i do i think i did

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actually yeah you think you're right i think i think i know what's what is your last name

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