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HAS DOUG McNALLY BEEN SECRETLY NAMED ACTIVE SUPT. OF PITTSFIELD SCHOOLS? … JOE PINHEAD LAYS IT ON THE LINE … THE PLANET, EVENING THE SCORE FOR THE LITTLE GUY, CHALLENGES THE GOB TO A LIVE DEBATE … THE EDUCATION SCAM EXPLAINED … UNEASY QUESTIONS NOW BEING ASKED OF SCHOOLS … WE HEAR, FIRST HAND, FROM A TEACHER WHO DARES TO SPEAK OUT … plus … ADVICE TO PARENTS: PULL YOUR KIDS OUT OF PITTSFIELD SCHOOLS NOW, BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2012) — First item: apropos to nothing and maybe everything, we are hearing persistent rumors that Doug McNally (after the usual nationwide search) will step in as interim superintendent of the Pittsfield School Department. If this is true, it show you [...]

May 17, 2012 56 Comments

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SCHOOL COMMITTEEMAN KINNAS RESPONDS WITH POINTS OF CLARIFICATION … SOURCES PROVIDING MORE PIECES FOR THE PUZZLE … WORDS OF THE OPPRESSED WITHIN THE PPS … plus … A FLY ON THE WALL GIVES A GLIMPSE AT WHAT’S HAPPENING INSIDE MERCER (SCHOOL DEPT. HQ)

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2012) — THE PLANET will lead today with star billing to the lone school committee member who has to date commented directly to this site on the incendiary discussion that’s been raging at this site this week concerning the Pittsfield School [...]

May 17, 2012 57 Comments

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SIR TIBERIUS RESPONDS TO PLANET’s ‘ENEMIES’ … MINNESOTA STADIUM DEAL WOULD HIDE THE BOOKS FROM TAXPAYING PUBLIC (SOUND FAMILIAR?) … MINUTES OF LAST 3 SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETINGS STILL NOT POSTED … OLD MINUTES REVEAL SNEAKY BUSINESS, AND ONLY THE PLANET DARES TO EXPLORE

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY, MAY16, 2012) — THE PLANET‘s Poet Laureate has again been at work. On commission, he has crafted a response to our enemies. First, though, we present a point of clarification. THE PLANET has no enemies. We only have friends who remain unconvinced. We [...]

May 16, 2012 73 Comments

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SCHOOL MINUTES OUT OF DATE … LITTLE WIN ON SCHOOL DEPARTMENT BUDGET SMALL CONSOLATION FOR BEDRAGGLED TAXPAYERS … EBERWEIN ADMITS TO USING FEDERAL FUNDS TO BALANCE SPENDING … MEANWHILE, TEACHERS UNION WILL SQUEEZE THE LITTLE GUY FOR $1.25 MILLION IN RAISES AND COST-OF-LIVING ALLOWANCES in FY13

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2012) — Before we begin, THE PLANET let’s you know that the school committee meeting minutes have not been posted for April 11, 25, and May 9. Is it too much to ask from a department taking $90 million of a [...]

May 14, 2012 52 Comments

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D.H. LAWRENCE GROUNDS US ON LOVE … PEDA BOARD SHOWS TRUE COLORS, THE PHONY BASTARDS! … THE REAL STORY BEHIND THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE’S REJECTION OF DR. NAMIN … plus … RED SOX GO TO BAT FOR AREA VETERANS ON FRIDAY, MAY 18

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY, May 14, 2012) — As a way to ground ourselves before stepping into the mystery and madness of local politics, we present a poem by D. H. Lawrence. SEARCH FOR LOVE Those that go searching for love only manifest their own lovelessness, and [...]

May 13, 2012 59 Comments

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BUST AT LOCAL DIVE TURNS UP COPS, FIREMAN, GUARDS, BUT NO ARRESTS … WERE THEY TIPPED OFF IN ADVANCE BY A DISPATCHER? … PEDA BOARD TELLS CITY COUNCIL TO #$%^ ITSELF AFTER MAZZEO REQUESTS PUBLIC HEARING … THE STOOLEY REPORTS ON SCHOOL DEPARTMENT SOILINGS, INCLUDING WHAT MAY BE JAKE’S NEW GIG

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2012) — Through sources, we heard that one fireman, one police officer, and three guards at the Berkshire County House of Corrections were involved in an incident at Herman Alexander‘s on Lyman Street in Pittsfield, an establishment that gives insult to [...]

May 11, 2012 35 Comments

SCHOOL COMMITTEEMAN KINNAS RESPONDS WITH POINTS OF CLARIFICATION … SOURCES PROVIDING MORE PIECES FOR THE PUZZLE … WORDS OF THE OPPRESSED WITHIN THE PPS … plus … A FLY ON THE WALL GIVES A GLIMPSE AT WHAT’S HAPPENING INSIDE MERCER (SCHOOL DEPT. HQ)

SIR TIBERIUS RESPONDS TO PLANET’s ‘ENEMIES’ … MINNESOTA STADIUM DEAL WOULD HIDE THE BOOKS FROM TAXPAYING PUBLIC (SOUND FAMILIAR?) … MINUTES OF LAST 3 SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETINGS STILL NOT POSTED … OLD MINUTES REVEAL SNEAKY BUSINESS, AND ONLY THE PLANET DARES TO EXPLORE

SCHOOL MINUTES OUT OF DATE … LITTLE WIN ON SCHOOL DEPARTMENT BUDGET SMALL CONSOLATION FOR BEDRAGGLED TAXPAYERS … EBERWEIN ADMITS TO USING FEDERAL FUNDS TO BALANCE SPENDING … MEANWHILE, TEACHERS UNION WILL SQUEEZE THE LITTLE GUY FOR $1.25 MILLION IN RAISES AND COST-OF-LIVING ALLOWANCES in FY13

D.H. LAWRENCE GROUNDS US ON LOVE … PEDA BOARD SHOWS TRUE COLORS, THE PHONY BASTARDS! … THE REAL STORY BEHIND THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE’S REJECTION OF DR. NAMIN … plus … RED SOX GO TO BAT FOR AREA VETERANS ON FRIDAY, MAY 18

BUST AT LOCAL DIVE TURNS UP COPS, FIREMAN, GUARDS, BUT NO ARRESTS … WERE THEY TIPPED OFF IN ADVANCE BY A DISPATCHER? … PEDA BOARD TELLS CITY COUNCIL TO #$%^ ITSELF AFTER MAZZEO REQUESTS PUBLIC HEARING … THE STOOLEY REPORTS ON SCHOOL DEPARTMENT SOILINGS, INCLUDING WHAT MAY BE JAKE’S NEW GIG

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