Archive | May, 2011
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‘THE VINCELETTE STATEMENT’: CANDIDATE ‘PUTS FINANCIAL CONCERNS TO REST’. WILL CRITICS BE SATISFIED? PLUS: GAZETTE PREVIEW — COUNCIL AND COLONIALS

BY DAN VALENTI This Week in Jonathan Levine’s Pittsfield Gazette Check out Jonathan Levine’s Pittsfield Gazette this week for the best and most complete coverage on the marathon City Council meeting last night (Tuesday, May 10). At the meeting, Melissa Mazzeo done whipped the boys on the issue of “acting appointments.” Kevin Sherman got in […]

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ROCHE WINS IN LENOX; PLANET REFUTES ‘KINGMAKER’ CHARGE, plus, “Hi, I’m STEROIDsGATE. Remember Me?” and a guest column on “The Art of Forgetting.”

BY DAN VALENTI The Planet is NOT in the business of Kingmaking (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, May 10, 2011) — The e-mail came in late last night, thanking The Planet for our endorsement of Dave Roche and citing that as a strong “contributing factor” in his decisive win in the Lenox select board race. The Planet […]

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LENOX VOTES TODAY, PLANET COHOSTS “COLONIALS CORNER” on WTBR 89.7 FM TODAY; plus “THE DISCONNECT,” or “Erin, Go Braless.”

BY DAN VALENTI (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, May 9, 2011) — Decision Day in Lenox today, as voters go to the polls. Incumbents Kim Flynn and John McNinch are facing challengers David Roche and Eric Vincelette for two seats on the select board. The Planet has endorsed Roche and Vincelette. We will point out that endorsements […]

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PLANET ENDORSES ROCHE, VINCELETTE IN LENOX, plus, MORE ON BCC’s PIT ACCIDENT, BASEBALL AT BELOVED WAHCONAH PARK, & OBAMA TRUMPS TRUMP

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET ISSUES ENDORSEMENTS IN LENOX (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, May 7, 2011) — Thinking ahead to Monday’s town election in Lenox, The Planet issues our endorsements. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Two incumbents — Kim Flynn and John McNinch — are competing against two challengers — Eric Vincelette […]

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LENOX SELECT BOARD INCUMBENTS FLYNN, McNINCH SELL TAXPAYERS DOWN RIVER ON ‘LENOXOLOGY’ VOTE, plus PLANET SHARES SCOOP ON TV DEBATE, SPICE CLOSING, AND COLONIALS TRYOUTS

BY DAN VALENTI ADD ONE, 5/6/11 TOXICOLOGY IN LENOXOLOGY; BOARD INCUMBENTS FLYNN, McNINCH SUPPORT COLOSSAL WASTE OF TAXPAYER MONEY The town of Lenox, in a 4-to-1 vote by the select board, approved the horrendous marketing slogan developed for the town at a reported cost of anywhere between $58,000 and $300,000 by a Big, Important, NYC […]

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CAMPAIGN CAPERS: LENOX CANDIDATES WILT UNDER PRESSURE (AT LEAST SOME DO), MARCHETTI DECLARES, & OTHER NOTES ALONG THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS

BY DAN VALENTI Campaign Capers (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MAY 4, 2011) — With each new year and each new campaign season, The Planet notes more urgency and edge. The electorate bears more anger. Candidates seems more pressed — for time, for money, for differentiation, for a lot of things. The zeitgeist, not to get all […]

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PLANET HOSTS DEBATE TONIGHT, OSAMA AS COL. SANDERS of KFC, & SUPRANOWICZ and RUFFER HED CEDS Flop

BY DAN VALENTI Candidates Grilled, Well Done, Tonight at 7 (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MAY 3, 2011) — Come one, come all, to The Planet’s Amazing Beer Hall Chat, held in the guise of a debate, at 7 p.m. at the Lenox Public Library tonight. Produced and sponsored by the recently formed political action committee, Berkshire […]

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ANGELO MAKES A SALE, FOUR MORE COPS ON STEROIDsGATE, & IS OBAMA TO BLAME FOR $4-A-GALLON GAS?

BY DAN VALENTI Angelo Makes a Sale (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, May 2, 2011) — Hear ye, Hear ye, be advised, all present, that late last week, disgraced ex-CEO Angelo Stracuzzi sold his house on Stonehedge Road. His wife, Rosanne, is listed on the sale document as a co-seller or grantor. The purchasers are listed as […]

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