By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY JUNE 8, 2015) — As its finances are managed, or in the case of Mayor Dan Bianchi‘s FY 2016 budget mismanaged, so goes the city of Pittsfield. If the city had a finance director who Warren Buffeted the job to bail out the […]
By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEEKEND EDITION, JUNE 5-7, 2015) — Tonight, Friday, THE PLANET will be at The Marketplace Cafe in beautiful, downtown Pittsfield in an appearance as part of Artswalk. There will be a number of our paintings on display, free refreshments, and we shall be there […]
By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2015) — On Tuesday night, our Right Honorable Good Friends (RHGFs) on the city council conducted their annual Follies Fatale talent show, informally known as a departmental budget review. This exercise sees the automatic approval of budgets submitted by the mayor. When […]
By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2015) — It’s not what you know — or when, where, why, or how you know. It’s who you know, even outside of Whoville. For example, if you’re a landlord with empty space in a downtown commercial building, it pays to know the chief executive […]
By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 2015) — THE PLANET has done a lot of things over the years. Modesty prevents name dropping. Suffice it to say, we’ve done most everything, met most everyone, and been all over. This Friday, though, we experience a first. Here’s the […]
