BHS TAX FILING CREATES ONE VERSION OF THE LOCAL ECONOMY, AND THE CITY PITTSFIELD, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CREATE ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE SAME THING. CAN YOU GUESS WHICH ONE IS MORE ACCURATE AND WHICH IS A FAIRY TALE? OUR EXCLUSIVE BHS COVERAGE CONTINUES

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BHS TAX FILING CREATES ONE VERSION OF THE LOCAL ECONOMY, AND THE CITY PITTSFIELD, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CREATE ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE SAME THING. CAN YOU GUESS WHICH ONE IS MORE ACCURATE AND WHICH IS A FAIRY TALE? OUR EXCLUSIVE BHS COVERAGE CONTINUES

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, TUESDAY, DEC. 6, 2011) — Happy 43rd anniversary, Linda, wherever you may be. Yes, we still remember. PERRY MASON SENDS IN QUESTIONS — A “connected” local attorney sent into some interesting comments on the BHS articles THE PLANET has featured. They came as a […]

December 6, 2011 22 Comments

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FATAL SHOOTING NOT GOOD PR FOR CRIME-ADDLED CITY … BHS OCTOPUS EXEMPLIFIES A CAUTIONARY TALE, or WHAT’s WRONG WITH GETTING SICK IN AMERICA

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary ADD 1 MONDAY, DEC. 5, 2011 Fatal Shooting Brings Crime Situation in City of Pittsfield to the Front The city of Pittsfield’s latest shooting, this one fatal and looking now like a murder, brings us around again to the crime wave sweeping through town. A 23-year-old man […]

December 5, 2011 45 Comments

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ANATOMY OF A NON-PROFIT’S TAX FILING, or, WHY THE HECK DOES BERKSHIRE HEALTH SYSTEMS HAVE FINANCIAL HOLDINGS IN THE TAX HAVEN CAYMAN ISLANDS??

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, FRIDAY, DEC. 2, 2011) — On the tax filing of Berkshire Health Systems dated Aug. 15, 2011 — Form 990, Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax with BHS’ employment ID # 04-2442944 — question 4 asks for a description of the organization’s achievement. […]

December 2, 2011 173 Comments

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METH PETITION — WHAT’S THE REAL STORY? HAS THE PLANET FOUND THE SMOKING GUN? DOCUMENTS ESTABLISH MOTIVE FOR BHS TO FIGHT FOR ITS $$TRANGLEHOLD ON LOCAL HEALTHCARE … plus … PT. 2 OF THE PLANET’s EXCLUSIVE EXAM OF ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THURSDAY, DEC. 1, 2011) — Welcome to December, final month of the year and the last month in office for the city of Pittsfield’s current lame-duck government. The new government will have to decide on the issue of regulating future meth and suboxone clinics […]

December 1, 2011 47 Comments

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