A DAFFODIL SPEAR PUNCTURES THE DIRT: O, SPRING, O NEW LIFE! … PITTSFIELD SCHOOL DEPARTMENT GETS ‘CAUGHT IN THE ACT’; PLANET’S EXCLUSIVE TWO-PART SERIES BEGINS TOMORROW!! … CITY’s WEBSITE LIKE SOMETHING FROM 1984 or WHAT’s AN OCD DIRECTOR FOR? … plus …BIG BROTHER CONTINUES RELENTLESS PUSH ON PERSONAL FREEDOM

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A DAFFODIL SPEAR PUNCTURES THE DIRT: O, SPRING, O NEW LIFE! … PITTSFIELD SCHOOL DEPARTMENT GETS ‘CAUGHT IN THE ACT’; PLANET’S EXCLUSIVE TWO-PART SERIES BEGINS TOMORROW!! … CITY’s WEBSITE LIKE SOMETHING FROM 1984 or WHAT’s AN OCD DIRECTOR FOR? … plus …BIG BROTHER CONTINUES RELENTLESS PUSH ON PERSONAL FREEDOM

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2013) — This is the time of year when we begin thinking spring. THE PLANET saw the first daffodil spear — several of them, actually, this morning. They had punctured their way through the soil after a long winter’s rest, ready […]

March 6, 2013 25 Comments

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PLANET TALKS TO DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS: THEY BACK POLICE FOOT PATROLS, BLAST DOWNTOWN PITTSFIELD INC., BIANCHI … PLANET INTERVIEW, FROM BERKSHIRE MAGAZINE … plus … FEMALE KICKER FALLS FLAT IN NFL TRYOUT or SOMETIMES, BIOLOGY IS DESTINY

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2013) — Do you think the administration has crime under control? It wants you to think that way, of course, and so does the Berkshire Chamber of Commerce, home of the $35 powdered-egg breakfast … but, interestingly, not everyone else who depends […]

March 5, 2013 43 Comments

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HE CAME IN THROUGH THE BATHROOM WINDOW: NAKED MAN’s ACT OF ‘GROSS LEWDNESS’ A SICKENING (AND PREVENTABLE) ‘ADVERT’ FOR DOWNTOWN PITTSFIELD … THE SOLUTION? POLICE FOOT PATROLS … WITHOUT POUNDING THE BEAT, DOWNTOWN WILL BE SEEN AS A DANGER ZONE … plus … GOOD NEWS ABOUT SEQUESTERING: FLYOVERS TO STOP

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2013) — Perhaps at the next Berkshire Chamber of Commerce “Good News” breakfast, C of C Grand Cheese Mike Supranowicz can share the following story with all the business types. It might not help them get down their $35 powdered-egg breakfasts, […]

March 4, 2013 49 Comments

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TFB OFF THE MARK WITH “PAY AS YOU GO” TAX BILL … 3RD BERKSHIRE REP RESPONDS QUICKLY TO PLANET’S REQUEST FOR INFO, THOUGH SHE DODGES KEY QUESTIONS … NEW TAX, RIGHT NOW A PILOT PROGRAM, THREATENS TO BITE BERKSHIRE MOTORISTS IN THE WALLET

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2013) — Yeah, we know. March: In like a lion, out like a lamb, except in our case today, “In with the lying, out with the Trash.” Our name is PLANET. We cover politics. THE PLANET thanks Joe Blow for bringing Andy […]

March 1, 2013 101 Comments