TAXPAYERS BEWARE: IS PEDA RAIL-CAR PITCH A “TROJAN TROLLEY CAR?” … GOB WANTS $1 MILLION OF YOUR MONEY, BUT FOR WHAT AND FOR WHOM? … AFTERMATH OF THE COACH BOBBY MELODRAMA … ‘BORING BROADSHEET’ PRICE GOUGE HAS READERS LEAVING IN DROVES … plus … HAS BB NO SHAME? MORAN STORY SEEMS TO ANSWER: ‘NOPE’

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TAXPAYERS BEWARE: IS PEDA RAIL-CAR PITCH A “TROJAN TROLLEY CAR?” … GOB WANTS $1 MILLION OF YOUR MONEY, BUT FOR WHAT AND FOR WHOM? … AFTERMATH OF THE COACH BOBBY MELODRAMA … ‘BORING BROADSHEET’ PRICE GOUGE HAS READERS LEAVING IN DROVES … plus … HAS BB NO SHAME? MORAN STORY SEEMS TO ANSWER: ‘NOPE’

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, FRIDAY, JAN. 31, 2014) — Kissing January goodbye means we’re that much closer to spring, although if truth be told, THE PLANET is immensely enjoying this winter. The hard cold, the right amount of snow, the crispness in the air, the translucent blue in […]

January 30, 2014 68 Comments

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!!PLANET EXCLUSIVE!! MOYNIHAN WILL RETURN TO PHS BASEBALL HELM … MUIR VERDICT A VICTORY FOR JUSTICE AND VALIDATION OF THE SYSTEM … RAIL CARS PACT PASSES GO BUT WON’T COLLECT $850MM … plus …CITY BLOWS IT (AGAIN), THIS TIME OF ROAD TREATMENT …

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THURSDAY, JAN. 30, 2014) — THE PLANET can be the first to tell you that PHS baseball coach Bobby Moynihan will be getting his job back. The community outreach, spearheaded by this website, has convinced the appointing authorities that rehiring Moynihan not only makes […]

January 29, 2014 50 Comments

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!PLANET EXCLUSIVE! AFTER 30 STELLAR YEARS OF SERVICE, ARE PETTY POLITICS FORCING COACH BOBBY MOYNIHAN OUT AS PHS BASEBALL SKIPPER?

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 29, 2014) — When you mention the phrase “Pittsfield baseball,” many names might spring to mind — Art Ditmar, Gene Hermanski, Tommy Grieve, and Mark Balanger, to name a few. It won’t take long before you get to the likes Chuck Garivaltis, […]

January 28, 2014 54 Comments

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!UPDATE! MUIR ACQUITTED ON ALL COUNTS … QUICK HITZ AND HOT LIX: PHS GYM FLOOR COST WILL FLOOR YOU … ‘A STREETCAR NAMED ARMITAGE’ … AMBULANCE CHASING … WARD 3 FOLLIES TO HEAT UP? or A TALE OF CACCAMO … WILL PREZ MELMAZ KEEP HER WORD ON CONSENT DECREE? … 9,000 UNANSWERED (STOLEN) QUESTIONS … plus … WHAT’S UP WITH COACH BOBBY B?

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary ADD 1, TUESDAY, JAN. 28, 2014 — A jury found Scott Muir, a Stockbridge man accused of 19 counts of sexual assault, not guilty on all counts. The jury reached its verdict Tuesday after deliberating for 94 minutes. ——- 000 ——- (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY, JAN. 27, […]

January 26, 2014 78 Comments

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DISCUSSION OF ‘THE TRIO TRIAL’ ON PLANET GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY … plus … WHAT’S THE BIG ‘TO-DO’ ABOUT MAZZEO’S COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS?

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, FRIDAY, JAN. 24, 2014) — THE PLANET thanks everyone involved in the lively discussion of The Trio Trial on yesterday’s post. In it, we explained why we are not covering the trial, mainly because we cannot be in the courtroom, in person, every day. […]

January 24, 2014 88 Comments

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PLANET ESCHEWS HALL “TRIO TRIAL” BECAUSE WE ARE NOT YOGI BERRA … MASSLIVE BESTING ‘THE BORING BROADSHEET’ IN TRIAL COVERAGE

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THURSDAY, JAN. 23, 2014) — THE PLANET looks with amusement as the faux “controversy” making the local rounds about why we haven’t provided coverage or commentary on the Adam Hall “Trio Trial.” Fair question, granted, although we shall puncture the balloons of more than a […]

January 22, 2014 66 Comments

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THE COS, PC, HIP-HOP AND OTHER DESTRUCTIONS; ALL THE CANDLELIT MEMORIAL SERVICES IN THE WORLD WON’T TOUCH THE CORE OF EVIL UNLESS ADULTS BEGIN TO ACT AS ADULTS TO CHILDREN

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 22, 2014) — Black people, stop blaming white people for your “oppression.” That is the post-Martin Luther King Day sentiment on THE PLANET, courtesy of Bill Cosby. Cosby has been preaching the double-play of parenting and education as the best ways to […]

January 22, 2014 17 Comments

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WHILE BB SNOOZES, PLANET HAS MORE ON DOUBLE-FATALITY IN CAR CRASH AT PHS … TONS OF RUMORS, LOADS OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS … WHY THE STORY MATTERS

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY, JAN. 19, 2014) — Ho-hum, just another routine Monday. The sun rose in the east, the birds did the buck-and-wing, and, oh yeah, and, the Boring Broadsheet failed to do a proper journalistic followup in the spectacular car crash that claimed two lives […]

January 19, 2014 37 Comments

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ADD UP THE EVIDENCE IN PHS FATAL CRASH AND THE SUM POINTS TO DRUGS … FIRST REVIEWS OF ‘NEW’ COUNCIL ARE IN … plus … PLANET REVEALS THE ‘CONNECTIONS’ THAT TIE ORC NOMINEES TO ‘POLITICS AS USUAL’

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, FRIDAY, JAN. 17, 2014) — THE PLANET has additional information on the dual fatality in the car that crashed into Pittsfield High School. Two Pittsfield men, Ernest Duck Jr., 37, and Tariq Salley, 34, died in the crash. Police say they believe Duck to […]

January 16, 2014 71 Comments

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PLANET DOES PCTV … GOP GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE BAKER TO VISIT PITTSFIELD … BELICHICK, BRADY, KRAFT DELIVER DYNASTIC CONSISTENTCY UNPRECEDENTED IN PARITY-DRIVEN NFL

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary ————————————- ADD 1 JAN. 16, 2014 later in the day: ————————————- THE PLANET has obtained new information regarding the fatal car crash PHS. We hope to share it with you tomorrow after a little more sourcing. The BB comes up short again. Make sure you tune into […]

January 16, 2014 18 Comments

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SHE JUST WON’T GO AWAY: PUMMELIN’ PAM GETS BEAU FRANZ ON INSIDE TRACK TO CHARTER REVIEW ‘GLORY’ … plus … CHRIS CHRISTIE’S A ‘BRIDGE BUILDER,’ ALL RIGHT

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 14, 2014) — Well, what do you know, folks? Pummelin’ Pam Malumphy, loser of her last five attempts to win election for public office (city council, mayor, state rep, first assistant associate deputy dog catcher), simply refuses to go away. Like old gum […]

January 15, 2014 35 Comments

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!!UPDATE!! COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT … PLANET DOES PCTV TOMORROW NIGHT … SUSPENDED DPW WORKERS ON LEAVE WITH PAY; TAXPAYERS FUNDING PAID ‘VACATION’ … CITY’S SAND WOES OVERBLOWN

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary UPDATE / ADD 1, TUESDAY, JAN. 14, 2014 Tonight, the city council — your NEW and IMPROVED city council — meets tonight for its first regular session. Most eyes will be on the form rather than the content, since We The People have a new council president. […]

January 12, 2014 53 Comments

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GLOBAL WARMING: SCIENCE SAYS YES, FLAT-EARTHERS SAY NO … or … THE COMING ‘INSTANT PLANETARY EMERGENCY’ (no, not THAT Planet!)

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THURSDAY, JAN. 9, 2014) — After hearing comments about how the current cold-snap refutes the science and data pointing to global warming, THE PLANET felt inclined to share this story by guest columnist Dahr Jamail. His credentials can be found at the end of […]

January 8, 2014 33 Comments

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‘BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER’ MIGHT BE THE PERFECT THEME SONG FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS IN PITTSFIELD POLITICS … plus … MORE ON THE BB’s DEMISE, STRAIGHT FROM THE BOWELS OF THE NEWSROOM!

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 8, 2014) — THE PLANET has an explanation for the confusion at the end of Monday’s “churchy” Inauguration Day activities. New council president Melissa Mazzeo seemed baffled when it came time to make a motion to adjourn the meeting. It appeared as […]

January 7, 2014 34 Comments

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PLANET’S PREDICTIONS AMAZE! INAUGURATION DAY GOES AS PREDICTED … plus … COMIC, MSNBC HOST GET IT RIGHT (THE COMIC) and WRONG (THE HOST) on POLITICAL CORRECTNESS AND OVERSENSITIVITY TO WORDS

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, TUESDAY, JAN. 7, 2014) — First up, THE PLANET presents a quick update on yesterday’s action at city hall in the chamber of our Right Honorable Good Friends on the Pittsfield city council. It happened just as well called it, weeks ago, which says when you […]

January 6, 2014 24 Comments

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‘BORING BROADSHEET’ FOLDING OF TRANSCRIPT, CLOSING OF ADVOCATE LOOKS LIKE AN EXECUTION-STYLE HIT … plus … WILL INAUGURATION DAY INCLUDE A WRANGLE AND A TANGLE?

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY, JAN. 6, 2014) — “What goes up, must come down. Spinning wheel, got to go round.” There’s so much spinning now at the Boring Broadsheet that a coat of paint would dry in a Pittsfield minute. How else does a newspaper kill two […]

January 5, 2014 30 Comments

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!!PLANET EXCLUSIVE!! MOYNIHAN WILL RETURN TO PHS BASEBALL HELM … MUIR VERDICT A VICTORY FOR JUSTICE AND VALIDATION OF THE SYSTEM … RAIL CARS PACT PASSES GO BUT WON’T COLLECT $850MM … plus …CITY BLOWS IT (AGAIN), THIS TIME OF ROAD TREATMENT …

!PLANET EXCLUSIVE! AFTER 30 STELLAR YEARS OF SERVICE, ARE PETTY POLITICS FORCING COACH BOBBY MOYNIHAN OUT AS PHS BASEBALL SKIPPER?

DISCUSSION OF ‘THE TRIO TRIAL’ ON PLANET GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY … plus … WHAT’S THE BIG ‘TO-DO’ ABOUT MAZZEO’S COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS?

PLANET ESCHEWS HALL “TRIO TRIAL” BECAUSE WE ARE NOT YOGI BERRA … MASSLIVE BESTING ‘THE BORING BROADSHEET’ IN TRIAL COVERAGE

THE COS, PC, HIP-HOP AND OTHER DESTRUCTIONS; ALL THE CANDLELIT MEMORIAL SERVICES IN THE WORLD WON’T TOUCH THE CORE OF EVIL UNLESS ADULTS BEGIN TO ACT AS ADULTS TO CHILDREN

WHILE BB SNOOZES, PLANET HAS MORE ON DOUBLE-FATALITY IN CAR CRASH AT PHS … TONS OF RUMORS, LOADS OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS … WHY THE STORY MATTERS

ADD UP THE EVIDENCE IN PHS FATAL CRASH AND THE SUM POINTS TO DRUGS … FIRST REVIEWS OF ‘NEW’ COUNCIL ARE IN … plus … PLANET REVEALS THE ‘CONNECTIONS’ THAT TIE ORC NOMINEES TO ‘POLITICS AS USUAL’

PLANET DOES PCTV … GOP GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE BAKER TO VISIT PITTSFIELD … BELICHICK, BRADY, KRAFT DELIVER DYNASTIC CONSISTENTCY UNPRECEDENTED IN PARITY-DRIVEN NFL

SHE JUST WON’T GO AWAY: PUMMELIN’ PAM GETS BEAU FRANZ ON INSIDE TRACK TO CHARTER REVIEW ‘GLORY’ … plus … CHRIS CHRISTIE’S A ‘BRIDGE BUILDER,’ ALL RIGHT

!!UPDATE!! COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT … PLANET DOES PCTV TOMORROW NIGHT … SUSPENDED DPW WORKERS ON LEAVE WITH PAY; TAXPAYERS FUNDING PAID ‘VACATION’ … CITY’S SAND WOES OVERBLOWN

GLOBAL WARMING: SCIENCE SAYS YES, FLAT-EARTHERS SAY NO … or … THE COMING ‘INSTANT PLANETARY EMERGENCY’ (no, not THAT Planet!)

‘BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER’ MIGHT BE THE PERFECT THEME SONG FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS IN PITTSFIELD POLITICS … plus … MORE ON THE BB’s DEMISE, STRAIGHT FROM THE BOWELS OF THE NEWSROOM!

PLANET’S PREDICTIONS AMAZE! INAUGURATION DAY GOES AS PREDICTED … plus … COMIC, MSNBC HOST GET IT RIGHT (THE COMIC) and WRONG (THE HOST) on POLITICAL CORRECTNESS AND OVERSENSITIVITY TO WORDS

‘BORING BROADSHEET’ FOLDING OF TRANSCRIPT, CLOSING OF ADVOCATE LOOKS LIKE AN EXECUTION-STYLE HIT … plus … WILL INAUGURATION DAY INCLUDE A WRANGLE AND A TANGLE?

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