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Transcript of the Testimony of Charles Sorenson

Date:November 20, 2013Volume:I

Case: In Re: Joplin Critical Investigation

Printed On: December 1, 2013

Holliday Reporting Service, Inc.Phone: 417-358-4078

Fax: 417-451-1114Email:[email protected]

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Charles Sorenson In Re: Joplin Critical Investigation

417-358-4078Holliday Reporting Service, Inc.

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IN RE: JOPLIN CRITICAL INVESTIGATION

TELEPHONE STATEMENT OF

CHARLES SORENSON

Taken on Wednesday, November 20, 2013, from 1:26 p.m. to

1:55 p.m., at the law offices of Juddson H. McPherson, LLC,

626 S. Byers, in the City of Joplin, County of Jasper,

State of Missouri, before

SHARON K. ROGERS, C.C.R.650,

a Certified Court Reporter and a Notary Public within and

for the County of Jasper, and State of Missouri.


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Charles Sorenson

In Re: Joplin Critical Investigation


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APPEARANCES

MR. THOMAS E. LORAINE

Loraine & Associates, LLC

4075 Osage Beach Pkwy., Suite 300

Osage Beach, MO 65065

[email protected]


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S T I P U L A T I O N

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED that this Sworn

Statement may be taken by steno-mask type recording by

SHARON K. ROGERS, a Certified Court Reporter, and

afterwards reduced into typewriting.

It is further stipulated that the signature of the

witness is hereby waived, and that said Sworn Statement of

said witness shall be of the same force and effect as

though said witness had read and signed Sworn Statement.


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I N D E X

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DIRECT EXAMINATION BY MR. LORAINE . . . 5-2

E X H I B I T S

(sic) - typed as spoken

(ph.) - phonetic


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1 CHARLES SORENSON

2 DIRECT EXAMINATION BY MR. LORAINE:

3 Q. Were you an Elk member?

4 A. Yes.

5 Q. I believe you're the present Exalted Ruler,

6 is that correct?

7 A. No, I'm not presently.

8 Q. You were the one that was there when the

9 property was sold to the City?

10 A. Yes.

11 Q. It was bought by Wallace-Bajjali?

12 A. Yes.

13 Q. What, if anything, do you have to tell me

14 about the sale of that property that is

15 significant to what I'm investigating, if you

16 know?

17 A. I really don't know anything significant as

18 far as the sale of the property goes.

19 Q. Well, I was told that it was a good price, it

20 was fair. Is that true?

21 A. Yes, I think it was a fair price.

22 Q. And who worked with the Elks Club on getting

23 this matter transacted?

24 A. It was brought to us by Gary Box.

25 Q. All right. And Gary Box is a member of your


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1 lodge?

2 A. Yes, he is.

3 Q. And who else worked on it, anybody?

4 A. There was a couple of Wallace-Bajjali people

5 that came in later with Gary, but I'm sorry,

6 off the top of my head I don't recall their

7 names.

8 Q. All right. Was there any involvement by Mr.

9 Woolston in this matter?

10 A. No.

11 Q. Was there any involvement with any other

12 Council member in this matter?

13 A. No.

14 Q. So basically it was just a transaction

15 between Wallace-Bajjali, Mr. Gary Box, and

16 yourself?

17 A. Well, I mean the proposal was brought to our

18 Board of Directors and then before we could

19 sell property it's a requirement that it's

20 voted on by our membership so our membership

21 was informed of the proposal and it was voted

22 to accept.

23 Q. Okay. Are you on the Sports Authority for

24 the City?

25 A. No, I'm not.


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1 Q. And never have been?

2 A. No.

3 Q. Do you know anything about the management

4 style or --

5 A. No, I do not.

6 Q. Okay. Let me just get pretty straight. Did

7 the City Manager have any involvement with

8 the sale of the Elks Club property?

9 A. I'm not aware of any.

10 Q. All right. What happened after

11 Wallace-Bajjali bought the property?

12 A. I mean it closed and I think it's in cue for

13 the project they described to us.

14 Q. Did the property ever get to the 353 club or

15 association, that landholder authority?

16 A. That I do not know.

17 Q. All right. Do you know what title company

18 may have closed that?

19 A. It closed at the title company on 32nd

20 Street.

21 Q. Did you have any role in the selection of the

22 title company? In other words did you pick

23 the title company or did Wallace-Bajjali?

24 A. I don't recall, sir, to be honest.

25 Q. All right. I don't think we have anything


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1 further from you. Thank you very much for

2 your contributions. I appreciate the phone

3 call.

4 A. No problem.

5 Q. Thank you, sir.

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REPORTER'S CERTIFICATE

STATE OF MISSOURI

ss.

COUNTY OF JASPER

I, SHARON K. ROGERS, Certified Court Reporter in the

State of Missouri, do certify that pursuant to the

foregoing Stipulation the witness came before me on the

20th day of November, 2013, was duly sworn by me, and was

examined. That examination was then taken by me by

steno-mask recording and afterwards transcribed; said Sworn

Statement is subscribed by the witness as hereinbefore set

out on the day in that behalf aforesaid and is herewith

returned.

I further certify that I am not counsel, attorney, or

relative of either party, or clerk, or stenographer of

either party or of the attorney of either party, or

otherwise interested in the event of this suit.

_________________________

SHARON K. ROGERS, CCR-650

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