By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, TUESDAY, JULY 1, 2014) — THE PLANET today presents an exclusive on the first of two “secret” job situations. Each position is paid for by taxpayers. Each, the mayor has decided, should be decided without you knowing about it. The first pays $57,331+25% for […]
By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY, JUNE 30, 2014) — What is it about Massachusetts? Is our Kool-Aid not spiked with the jungle juice of common sense? Do we sit geographically too far right in these here contiguous 48? Does that explain the dreadful, one-party “moon bat” politics that […]
By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEEKEND EDITION, JUNE 27-29, 2014) — THE PLANET said we would obtain a copy of the “Press Protocol” issued by Mayor Dan Bianchi June 24 (Tuesday) to all department heads. Today, we once again deliver, despite the fact that this was an “eyes only,” […]
By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary NOTE: Tonight, Planet Valenti Television begins at 8 p.m. instead of its usual time at 7 p.m. We will run for the hour. That’s PV-TV on Time Warner’s “Access Pittsfield,” Channel 16. You won’t believe your eyes and ears. And Remember, the previous episodes of PV-TV can […]
By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2014) — While we have a moment, allow us to catch up on some back mail that came in recently, which we are publishing here for the first time. The first letter is actually a copy of a letter sent a […]
By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2014) — “You won! Your site is no longer blocked.” That was the best (for being the briefest and most to the point) among a bunch of communications we received yesterday morning after THE PLANET fought its way back from digital […]
By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014) — As one of THE PLANET‘s most astute commentators put it, where does one begin? Joe Pinhead‘s astute query does point out a tough one: With so many things crashing down now in the city, and particularly around its increasingly […]
By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEEKEND EDITION, JUNE 20-22) — This news just in from our wires here in The Fortress. BULLETIN! Mayor Dan Bianchi has paid THE PLANET the ultimate tribute: He has banned PLANET VALENTI DOT COM from all computers inside city hall. We knew we had […]
By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary EPISODE 7 of Planet Valenti Television was our most ambitious yet. It is available on the PCTV website and will be up on YouTube sometime soon. The YouTube link for all out shows is https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjP38gC2WQcYx71Cz0tjwoQ/feed ——– 000 ——– (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 2014) — With crime running rampant, with […]
By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2014) — THE PLANET continues to shake up the city and make a difference. After a rash of what are being called “commercial burglaries,” the Pittsfield Police Department issued a report noting an “unusually high” number of robberies and break ins […]
By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 2014) — The biggest good news story will be when the police watch TOM (The One Man). TOM’s the busy guy who, according to Mayor Dan Bianchi ostrich-like view, is responsible for all of the crime currently plaguing downtown Pittsfield. While […]
By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary EPISODE 6 of Planet Valenti Television was our most ambitious yet. It is available on the PCTV website and will be up on YouTube sometime soon. The YouTube link for all out shows is https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjP38gC2WQcYx71Cz0tjwoQ/feed ——– 000 ——– (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEEKEND EDITION, JUNE 13-15, 2014) — Let’s see: […]
By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary TUNE IN TONIGHT for Episode 6 of Planet Valenti Television. Tonight, The Generalissimo makes another appearance, by overwhelming popular demand. Also thrill to The Empty Suit, more letters, and other fun surprises. Live, beginning at 7 p.m., that’s PV-TV on Access Pittsfield, Time Warner, channel 16. To […]
By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 2014) — THE PLANET has written many a “Fix Is In” columns, with the hard evidence to support it. For example, did we not predict, before anyone knew who she was, that Julia “No Relation to David” Berkowitz Sabourin would become […]
By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 2014) — PLANET VALENTI TELEVISION — PV-TVapologizes for the posting of Episode 5 on YouTube. Unlike the first four episodes, which were posted there in their entirety, the final 14-15 minutes of Episode 5 didn’t make the transferal. THE PLANET and […]
By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY, JUNE 9, 2014) — On Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon, our Right Honorable Good Friends on the Pittsfield City Council put on their muck boots and waded through Swamp Bianchi, otherwise known as the FY15 budget. Forget about “The Rest of the River.” […]
