!PLANET EXCLUSIVE! WE PRINT THE AT-LARGE SLATE CARD THE GOBs SAID DIDN’T EXIST … ODD DOINGS IN BB’s MAYORAL STORY … TWO SETS OF RULES … plus … THE PLANET’S ENDORSEMENTS

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!PLANET EXCLUSIVE! WE PRINT THE AT-LARGE SLATE CARD THE GOBs SAID DIDN’T EXIST … ODD DOINGS IN BB’s MAYORAL STORY … TWO SETS OF RULES … plus … THE PLANET’S ENDORSEMENTS

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY, NOV. 7, 2011) — The day of reckoning, Election Day, looms over Pittsfield like a Leviathan cut down to size by the fractions of a Lilliputian campaign. Before THE PLANET gives our endorsements, we share this news we broke yesterday on Facebook. We […]

November 7, 2011 92 Comments

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MARCHETTI’S IDIOTIC STATEMENT ON CRIME PROVES HE’S NOT READY FOR CORNER OFFICE … plus … PLANET RE-RUNS YESTERDAY’s COLUMN, WHICH SET A NEW RECORD FOR HITS … THE CAMPAIGN IS SIZZLING HOT, AND WE ARE THE ONLY ONES DISHING OUT THE TRUTH

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, SATURDAY, NOV. 5, 2011) — Yesterday was a “houndstooth” kind of a day on THE PLANET. We had a record volume, and not by a little. Ironically, though, for more than a few, they could not read more than the headline of Friday’s post. […]

November 5, 2011 84 Comments

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CAMPAIGN FIREWORKS AND A DEFINING MOMENT: ‘I SERVED WITH YOUR HUSBAND’ … plus … MIKE WARD ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ENDORSEMENT AND A RECOMMENDATION — HOT STUFF AS ELECTION DAY NEARS

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary BIANCHI TO MARCHETTI: ‘YOU’RE NO JACK KENNEDY’ … SORT OF (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, FRIDAY, NOV. 4, 2011) — It may go down in Pittsfield political lore along with the infamous botched at-large ballot in Jody Phillips’ first election as city clerk, Gerry Doyle throwing the city into […]

November 4, 2011 18 Comments

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KROL CALLS THE PLANET … MAZZEO PLEDGES TO GET RID OF HILL 78 AND RE-OPEN CONSENT AGREEMENT … WHY ARE MIKE WARD AND JOHN KROL RELUCTANT TO GIVE ‘WE THE PEOPLE’ THE BENEFIT OF THEIR WISDOM? … plus … FALLOUT FROM TWO MORE MAYORAL DEBATES … & … THE BB WHIFFS AGAIN!

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary ADD #1 KROL DEFENDS HIS POSITION THE PLANET heard from Ward 6 Councilor John Krol this afternoon about our posting below, from earlier today. We had a comprehensive exchange of views, and it culminated with us thanking him for calling us directly, explaining the reasoning of his […]

November 3, 2011 54 Comments

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2 TIMOTHY 3:1-7 TELLS IT LIKE IT IS … MASSIVE COINCIDENCE: POLITICIANS GIVE YOU BACK YOUR MONEY A WEEK BEFORE ELECTIONS … plus … PITTSFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS CAN’T COMPETE, TO THE TUNE OF $3.2 MILLION; SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE TERRY KINNAS COMMENTS

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 2, 2011) — THE PLANET came across an interesting verse from the New Testament this morning, one that is eerily prophetic to The Shape of Things As They Are, present-day division. In 2 Timothy 3: 1-7 we read: But understand this, that […]

November 2, 2011 40 Comments

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BUMPOUT DISASTER, PT 2 … FAT MAN MUST STAY ON THE AIR AT WBRK … MARCHETTI WEB SITE LOOKS LIKE THE AMATEUR HOUR … and … WHEN IS A $500,000 ‘LOAN’ A TAXPAYER HANDOUT?

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, TUESDAY, NOV. 1, 2011) — Welcome to November, month of the crab, month of the sister. First up, a quickie. As we wrote yesterday, the bumpouts on North Street proved their worthlessness in the surprise Halloween snowstorm. They caused hassles, if not havoc, for […]

November 1, 2011 50 Comments

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