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D-DAY, COURAGE, AND THE EROSION OF AND COMPLACENCY FOR FREEDOM … PLANET FILES PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST IN ‘THE GREAT WBTR FLIP-FLOP’ AND WE HIT PAYDIRT … YOU WON’T BELIEVE WHAT’s IN THE ‘SECRET E-MAILS’! … KRATKA: KOME KLEAN. YOUR KUNNING KAPER IS KRASHING DOWN

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 2012) — There is no such thing as wishing someone “Happy D-Day.” Too many soldiers on both sides of the conflict died that day and in that war. D-Day occurred long before we got used to televised war, live and in […]

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June 6, 2012 64 Comments

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‘ENOUGH,’ KRATKA KRACKLED ABOUT ‘THE GREAT WTBR FLIP FLOP.’ AU CONTRAIRE, THE PLANET ANSWERS; ‘NOT ENOUGH BY A LONG SHOT’ … EMBATTLED STATION MANAGER MUST COME CLEAN: WHO ORDERED YOU TO PULL THE PLUG ON STURGEON, WHY, AND WHY DID YOU CAVE IN TO THE DEMANDS? … plus … TRIPLE TEEN FATALITY AT GRADUATION A CAUTIONARY TALE

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 2012) — WTBR station adviser Larry Kratka, his impatience growing at THE PLANET‘s persistence in questioning, declared in an e-mail: “Enough.” The story is over. No mas? No way! Everyone Loses When a Journalist Gets Owned Once again, Kratka is wrong on the caper […]

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June 5, 2012 47 Comments

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KOWED & KOWTOWED KRATKA KOMES KLEAN (KINDA) ON DECISION TO PULL STURGEON; LK ADMITS HE CAVED INTO TO ‘PRESSURE’ FROM POLITICAL TYPES … QUESTION IS: WHY STAB A GUY IN THE BACK AND WHY HIDE IDENTITIES OF THOSE WHO OWN HIM? … plus … RANDOLPH TO THE RESCUE ON SHAKESEPARE & CO.s DEBUT OF 35TH SEASON IN ‘CASSANDRA SPEAKS’

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY, JUNE 4, 2012) — THE PLANET has stripped the cloak of mystery and secrecy off of The Great WTBR Flip-Flop, wherein talk meister Bill Sturgeon, with John Krol riding the point, thought he had station manager Larry Kratka‘s OK for a show to following Krol’s “Good Morning, […]

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June 3, 2012 52 Comments

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ADD 2: KRATKA RESPONDS, DETAILS TO COME … ADD1: LARRY KRATKA: TIME TO COME CLEAN ON THE WTBR MESS … WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE: DO NOT SUPPORT THE DICTATORSHIP OF ALANIA, CHARTOCKIA … SCHOOL COMMITTEE HEARING ON LAME JAKE’s BUDGET REQUEST SHEDS LIGHT ON THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME … HEARING SHOWS THAT THIS ISN’T YOUR DADDY’S SCHOOL DEPARTMENT BUDGET HEARING … BIANCHI GIVES JAKE A $1 MILLION WOOD SHAMPOO … plus … PLANET COVERAGE PREVIEW

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary ADD #2, FRIDAY JUNE 1, 2012 — We have received a lengthy response from Larry Kratka on the situation at WTBR, with the on-off of Bill Sturgeon‘s radio show at that venue. We have some additional investigation and followup, in fairness to all parties, and on Monday […]

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June 1, 2012 101 Comments

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