TYER: ‘CITY IS SAFE’ — YEAH? COMPARED TO WHAT? … LOSS OF THE CROWNE … KIOSK STUPIDITY … TRUMP SCORES ON REFUGEES
BY DAN VALENTI
PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY
(FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION JAN. 27-29, 2017) — THE PLANET is still a week away from our trip to Texas, Houston for an activity involving a certain football team, but we didn’t have to travel that far for some Texas-sized hooey emanating from Shire City — you know, the muni Where All is Utopiastic!(R)
‘Safe’ Compared to What, Exactly? — A day after the latest high-speed chase, gunfire, and shooting (from cop to creep) that ended in a children’s park, a day after an armed robbery at a Tyler Street variety store located not far from a suspicious fire that cindered a heavily insured building that had been up for sale or rent, Mayor Linda Tyer went on the telly proclaiming Pittsfield is “safe.” Now you know, and THE PLANET knows, that Pittsfield is almost as safe as Beirut. Safe? The Lovely Linda doesn’t and couldn’t believe that which she proved with a slip of the tongue. Tyer said Pittsfield was “relatively safe.” Ouch. Presidents can hire THE PLANET for speech coaching, but the encrypted officials of Pittsfield would never think to ask. By putting the adjective “relatively” in front of a conditional noun (“safe”) she’s admitting she doesn’t believe its safe one bit. We could go all Noam Chomsky with the explanation, but we won’t. Suffice it to say that the mayor has little conception of what her words mean with respect to reality. One last observation: You know The Lovely Linda wouldn’t have been allowed to make such a false claim without challenge on PLANET VALENTI TELEVISION. There such a false statement would have turned the mayor into eulogized toast.
Crowne Plaza Foreclosure — We got a tip this week telling us the Crowne Plaza, the superstructure that anchors the mall at South and West streets, faces foreclosure. That’s an “F” word. Foreclosure indicated the hotel owners have stopped paying back their loans. The lienholder either by law or court order has in turn forced the Crowne to sell it assets used as collateral for the borrowed money. The sale is to take place on Feb. 22. Knowing how “everything’s coming up roses,” the mayor’s office, city council, and school committee will spin this a great news for the city. The stupid asses will claim it as confirmation for their brilliant initiatives, including taxes that are driving both businesses and homeowners into, well, foreclosure.
‘Kiosk’ — Is that a Russian word for ‘Stoopit?’ — Speaking of Beautiful
Pussyhats in Beautiful Downtown Pittsfield. Yikes. Ugg Lee? Your clothes will wrinkle. Your watches will stop.
Downtown Pittsfield (BDP), ask the corner office and council how the parking kiosks are working out? Great they’ll say. Because so few people want to pay for the privilege of coming to center city and risking life, limbs, and other appendages, city officials will boast that all the freed-up parking spots make snow-removal easier. THE PLANET has investigated the first month of the stultifying kiosks. Total flop. The revenues just aren’t there. Anecdotally, you will notice that where you find the parking machines, you won’t find parked cars. The kiosks on North Street, Wendell Avenue Extension, and other high-traffic areas consistently reveal a dramatic drop in parked vehicles. Fewer cars = fewer people. Fewer people = even less foot traffic for the ghostly BDP. Conversationally, talk to downtown merchants. They hate the infernal devices. They say business has dropped compared to last year by up to 50%. Look forward to more closings this year, especially after Tyer and the council pass another tax-happy budget. Whenever the city loses another business or store, we can say they did “the Crowne Plaza thing.”
Not Here, Baby, Not Yet — One of the best early actions of many by President Donald Trump is his order temporarily freezing federal money going to so-called “santuary cities.” These are Kumbaya-type snowflake communities who love pussyhats and unvetted anybodies … and nobodies. Trump also ordered a 30-day hold on refugee programs of the kind naively embraced by Pittsfield, which wants to accept Syrians who would otherwise be illegal. This country has a process and immigration and naturalization. Without secure borders, proper vetting, and a legal process, there won’t be a country. For his first week in office, Trump gets an A+.
With that, THE PLANET invites you to have your say. The Comment Line is now open. Have a great weekend, everybody.
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Looks like the refugees won’t be coming after all
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/01/26/vt-city-reels-after-halt-refugee-program/97116142/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories
Dan,
You are spot on again. 1. Mayor forgot to mention the 5 dozen or so shootings and multiple homicides during her state of city address.
2. I couldn’t believe all the emplty spots today on Wendell Ave Ext. When I parked and got out and saw the parking robots, I got i my car and drove away.
3Trump has done more for America in 7 days than Obama did in 8 years!
p. s. Too bad the driver that tried to run the cop down lived
Gee, I wonder if the tax breaks to Hotel on North helped put the nail in the Crowne Plaza Coffin.
Well we could make lemonade out of those lemons. I say, gut the son of a bitch and turn it into a parking deck. The mayor could load it up with kiosks and proclaim it another economic engine and wouldn’t that look great on her resume when she runs for a second 4 year term.
People who want all of these refugees to come here from dangerous parts of the world should be thankful that there are people in this country with the common sense to not believe in their delusions. They have no sense of caution nor do they learn from the experiences of other countries that have taken in lots of these refugees. Donald Trump has made the right decision.
On this one I have to agree. Too much risk right now. down the road may be different. Why does Saudi Arabia not help with anything?
Except the countries he banned are not where the 9/11 terrorists came from, which happen to be US allies.
G Dubbya Bush is invited to the white house to show the new administration how jet fuel works.
What does 9/11 have to do with it?
But TRump and Dubbya do have one thing in common. They both avoided going to Viet Nam.
Those pink moonbat hats kind of turn me on.
I think they are selling them at that sex toy store out in west Pittsfield just before you get to the huge abandoned property that owes taxes and is now a logging operation.
that is where I got mine
heh heh
Really?
Dan and I must have the same sources. I was tipped off about the Crown yesterday as well. I read it in the Eagle.
The Eagle printed the story about the lawsuit against Berkshire Bank 3-4 days AFTER the Boston Globe reported it. The Eagle never has reported that the Pesky Pole base for Fenway Park is being rebuilt at a shop in Pittsfield – not earth shattering, but some decent news – again it was in the Globe a few weeks ago. The Globe is not only tomorrow and Sunday’s Berkshire Eagle – it contains many stories never to hi the local paper. That is just odd.
If they cannot get small stories to press, why bother to print the debate about legislative pay raises? why print stories about declining quality of life in our community?
Why did they print the story about the Crowne Plaza? Most likely because they are NOT advertisers….
I can not allow people to continue to lie.Obama inherited a conservatives president Bush world financial collapse .Trump has inherited a fantastic economy and if he screws this up he will go down as the worst President in US history.I know the planet remembers bank scandle of the late eighties with presidents bushes brother involved and scandle of Wall Street in 2009…some of you must have seen this era of American history.
A fantastic economy???? You aren’t serious? Right?
Pat, contrary to what Fox news would have you believe the stock market more than doubled under Obama. Choose an independent source to check this out. Also, unemployment dropped big time under Obama. This is verifiable if you take off the blinders.
heh heh when you have exhausted your unemployment claim, you are no longer on unemployment. Then you sign-up for food stamps and welfare. That is why more people are on assistance every in the history of our Country.
Pat if you don’t remember 2009 2010 there were no homes sold in the city of Pittsfield for 7 months or have you blocked this period.
It’s Bush’s fault! Getting old, Obama just threw money at every problem. Doubled the National debt, pardoned more criminals than last 10 Presidents combined. Also we have the most people on assistance every in the history of our Country. He made race relations the worst in decades, negotiated with terrorists, for a deserter. Time will decide, believe he is the worst President in the modern era.
Shakes, Do you get your alternate facts from Kelly Anne?
What are you even talking about?
Sorry, just facts, I know that’s a new concept. Look them up, I’ll quiz you later.
You can only produce alternative facts with your head shoved up your ass.
Shakes gets her facts from the Moonbat Manifesto.
The very regressive party led by Bush collapsed the world economy and we are still crawling out…..that is what you guys handed Obama along with 2 wars.Awlful just awlful stewardship of a country and yes Trump is dealing in whatever he wants…hes got it made.
They need to cut 5 million from the school department that councilor Amuso and Yon built at the direction of Eberwien. We need one high school let’s get it done today.One high school saves the city millions.
The school administration has not budgeted money to keep schools clean.They don’t see clean school environment s as important and this begins the degradation of the investment.Nobody wants PHS because it’s a 250,000 square foot mess because the custodial staffing is slashed to 7 people cleaning this monster building.All the kids want to go to the new Taconic.PHS sped programs are in need of a complete shutdown and overhaul with new administrators…..staff bosses need to be let go.
Remember 1 thing about school buildings and budgets they cut maintenance 1st.Incompetence at the business level does not allow for clean environments in the schools.Mccandless does not see the importance of well maintained schools.Supplies to the buildings are always limited..All money saved is at the custodial level.You have 40 people cleaning 1.2 million square feet of schools.There are 6 people who will clean 250,000 square feet of your 120,000,000 million dollar Taconic and it requires 15 people.
Agree, if they want to save some money, close one of the smaller elementary schools. Also stop parking all 40+ buses at one end of the City. They could be parked in section of City where they pick up the kids. A lot of wasted fuel, time and wear and tear on busses.
Great idea…there is room at the city yard for instance. But then Petricca would not get as big a city payout.
Maybe they should contract out custodial services?
It’s not the custodial staff that needs to be outsourced. They are not responsible for building maintenance, just upkeep. It works like this, or should work like this: The custodial staff sees a problem, say a leak in roof. They notify their supervisor who in turn notifies the building facility manager who then gets the building maintenance crew to access and fix the problem. All the custodial crew can do is put some pails out to catch water and keep the area dry as possible and put out caution signs. The problems of maintenance are higher up.
Maybe the teachers will volunteer to help clean their classrooms. Yeah, right.
What was the Mayor’s retort of a slow pursuit? Did the officer act on his own or was there a directive from superiors? There weren’t any cameres but had to be a transmission of events.
Stay tuned. A local group is planning a stand out on Park Square wearing cock hats.
At least they figured out how to be taken seriously in this day of age. I’d expect them to shoot liquid from the tops while signs read “keep your tiny orange hands off my cocks rights!”
The Waterboy will join with his toupee, as soon as he gets out of jail.
They hold you until trial for disorderly conduct?
If you can’t post bail.
The word is Trump’s sons’ conglomerate will be buying the Crowne Plaza.
Why doesn’t the City help pay back there loans? It’s only money.
Financial problems at the CP are likely the result of poor decisions by the operators. Maybe their pro forms had a balloon that they never intended to pay? If the Holiday Inn in North Adams can make it, the CP can too.
All they gots to do is ask Trump is they can put his name on it. Then it will be awesome and amazing. And they might not even have to pay taxes on their profits.
WIN
Great stuff DV. You nail it every time. Love all your work here, in the Courier and on TV. Radio next? Oh wait you already conquered local radio!!!! Keep it comin …
So the mayor thanks Pittsfield is safe as compared to what Chicago .
Taxpayers of Pittsfield should stop using those parking meters to let City Hall know how bad It is for North St.
I just want one councilor to tell yes tell the superintendent that in fairness to taxpayers he needs to come up with a consolidation plan that works….we know they can sell a consolidation plan that delivers havoc but tell him we want one that works or maybe he should move on.
SC, if you want that then you need to run for councilor.
Will the city feel the need to give some of our tax money to the hotel to bail them out, as they did with the Beacon, Shaker Hancock and others?
Probably in the works as we speak.
Maybe Hotel North can get it cheap and move a little farther away from the combat zone. I am sure the mayor would let them take their tax breaks with them and maybe even extend it.
The Mexicans do not have any love for the Donald!
Immigrants are pooping their pants right now.
The news media is “the opposition party” and they should “shut the front door”.
Muslims are to be heavily vetted and restricted from entering the U.S.A.
Adolf Hitler would have appreciated Donald Trump’s views on torture.
Donald Trump is a fascist. I believe he is evil. In closing,
Donald Trump = Adolf Hitler!
– Jonathan Melle
Only a complete moron ever compares any US President to Adolf Hitler.
I can picture Adolf in his early years much like Donnie. Full of himself and power crazy.
You said it! Donald Trump is crazy!
“Grab ’em by the [meow]”, “Torture works”, “Take Iraq’s oil reserves” – Donald Trump
Since President Trump is not your president, have you given up your public assistance yet? Or is he still good for that?
Only a moron would advocate for the use of torture in his role as U.S. President!
How many U.S. Soldiers, and other government officials, is Donald Trump putting at risk by being a propaganda piece for our nation’s enemies?
Only a moron would advocate for taking Iraq’s oil reserves, which, like the use of torture, is against international law!
Donald Trump is like Adolf Hitler!
– Jonathan Melle
Trump Derangement Syndrome
Heil Melle
@Kate Dempsey: Please tell your buddy Donald Trump to release his tax returns. He has not paid any federal taxes in decades and you know it. Billionaire Donald Trump’s tax returns will show that he has taken advantage of taxpayers’ money more than thousands of low-income people combined who are receiving public assistance benefits. By the way, I do not collect any public assistance dollars. The last time I was eligible for public assistance was the Fall of 2009. It has been over 7 years since I collected public assistance benefits.
– Jonathan Melle
You lost 1000+ elections in 6 years under obama.
You gave us the House, the Senate, most state governments and now the Presidency.
Thank you very much.
Oh, and soon we will have the Supreme Court.
Thanks again.
I believe that Mr. Mele is correct in stating that a 11billionaire has not paid one dime towards American greatness and this is the problem that Kool aid drinkers believe is so fine a leader for us he not need to pay.
Kate has given him their blessing relieving him of this burden because they believe life in this dump will be amazing.
Can you tell us which laws were broken?
What a bunch of sore losers !!
Wah, wah, wah !!
Get over it already !!
I’m noticing that a lot of you aren’t graciously accepting the fact that your candidate lost. In fact you seem to be posting even more hateful things about those of us who voted for Trump.
Some of you are apparently “triggered”. Because you are posting how “sick” you feel about the results.
How did this happen you ask.
You created “us” when you attacked our freedom of speech.
You created “us” when you attacked our right to bear arms.
You created “us” when you attacked our Christian beliefs.
You created “us” when you constantly referred to us as racists.
You created “us” when you constantly called us xenophobic.
You created “us” when you told us to get on board or get out of the way.
You created “us” when you forced us to buy health care and then financially penalized us for not participating.
You created “us” when you allowed our jobs to continue to leave our country.
You created “us” when you attacked our flag.
You created “us” when you confused women’s rights with feminism.
You created “us” when you began to emasculate men.
You created “us” when you decided to make our children soft.
You created “us” when you decided to vote for progressive ideals.
You created “us” when you attacked our way of life.
You created “us” when you decided to let our government get out of control.
“You” created “us” the silent majority.
And we became fed up and we pushed back and spoke up.
And we did it with ballots, not bullets!!
I am tired of all the BS going on. The election is over, so take it like the adults you are suppose to be!
Joe Blow awesome post. I think Dans site is good therapy for the Snowflakes. Hopefully they keep up the crying and whining, I love it. Good news is if they and the moonbat party don’t get there shit together, President Trump will win again! Keep up the good work bitchs, you know who you are. What a fantastic week, 207 more to go Libertards.
Joe Blow,
Thank you!
Way to go, Joe Blow!!
You explain it perfectly.
Well done, JOE.
Did you credit the author Joe
Pittsfield is safer than Chicago and LA. But that’s about it.
Baghdad is safer than Chicago.
I just read again somewhere that Mexicans will build the wall and Trump will pay for it.
The Chinese can throw up a pretty good wall now and again as well. But Donald pissed them off too.
They will be union jobs.
Baghdad I’d relatively safe. Anyone know how I can get a bottle of vino with some prosciutto over to the jail?
No problem Yokel, just tell em Pete sent ya!
The picture says it all…Good Ol Girls, morphed from WHEN
Voting WHEN has cost the city big bucks.Mazzeo could still pull off mayor but needs to be anti Tyer or in a foreign language be financially responsible.Ask the Superintendent how many new jobs this year and what did they cost WW2 veterans on SS this year.Make the Superintendent say it’s not his job to worry about veterans monthly income
Last year we all remember Marchetti making a sad face about school budgets but passed it anyway.Cut all new positions and new programs the last 2 years.Put a hiring freeze on new educators and then look for 2million after this.Trump is sending everything back to the states so your costs to live in any state is about to go off the charts.Pittsfield is a very very impoverished city that has no future ….we are going to 30 k in population.
“Four Freedoms Coalition plans Park Square event to show solidarity to immigrant community”
By Patricia LeBoeuf, pleboeuf@berkshireeagle.com – The Berkshire Eagle, January 26, 2017
After less than a week in office, President Donald Trump has signed executive orders that signal a sweeping shift on national immigration policy, which he has been promising since he was on the campaign trail.
He has called for “… the immediate construction of a border wall with Mexico and aggressive efforts to find and deport unauthorized immigrants. He planned additional actions to cut back on legal immigration, including barring Syrian refugees from entering the United States,” according to a story in The New York Times.
Response has been swift.
“These orders … tear at the fabric of our communities,” said Sherwood Guernsey, a co-leader of the Four Freedoms Coalition. “Every immigrant is living in fear right now. Fear of mass deportation, fear of raids, and that is not a condition that is good for our communities.”
The coalition will hold a Stand Out for Immigrants event at Park Square at 1 p.m.
The stand out aims to show support for the local immigrant community and oppose these recent actions by the Trump Administration, Guernsey said.
“The most important thing is that we are showing [immigrants] that they’re not alone,” he said. “Such things as more walls and more detention facilities only serve to divide people. It is not what this nation is [about], and it is not what will make this nation great.”
The coalition was formed in December in response to threats to the four freedoms identified by former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1941 — freedom of speech and expression, freedom of religion, freedom from want and freedom from fear.
The group held a march and rally in downtown Pittsfield on Jan. 7 to oppose bigotry, hate and prejudice which drew a crowd of up to 2,000 people. The effort earned support from more than 150 community organizations, businesses and elected officials.
Trump signed executive orders on Wednesday to withhold federal funding from municipalities that don’t cooperate with federal immigration officials, increase the number of additional immigration officers by 10,000, immediately construct a southern border wall with Mexico, and construct facilities to detain immigrants at or near the Mexican border.
“I kept really thinking [this] wasn’t going to happen at all,” said Hilary Greene, director of the Berkshire Immigrant Center. “It was just rhetoric. But it wasn’t.”
The Berkshire Immigrant Center is one of over 150 community partners with the Four Freedoms Coalition. Although the center is not specifically participating in the event Saturday, Greene said she supports the event’s mission and is hopeful some of the center’s board members will be able to attend.
“It’s just so important that our country hears that not everybody supports what [Trump is] about,” Greene said. “If we’re silent and we condone it … that’s not what our democracy is. We need to stand up and fight for what’s right and what’s just.”
The event on Saturday is an attempt to speak out against threats to undermine these four freedoms, which emerged continuously during the election process, Guernsey said.
“Our opposition to these orders that target immigrants is not a Republican-Democrat position, it’s not a left or right position, it really is a right or wrong position,” he said.
If you go…
What: a peaceful stand out against the Trump Administration’s recent executive orders regarding Sanctuary Cities, a multi-billion dollar wall across the border with Mexico, and an expansion of immigration enforcement personnel.
When: Park Square on Saturday, Jan. 28 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Attendees are asked to stay on the sidewalks at Park Square, located at the intersection of North, South, East and West Streets in Pittsfield. Signs are encouraged. Signposts are not allowed.
Another option…
What: Non Violent Action: Theory and Practice with Jeff Napolitano of the American Friends Service Committee
When: Saturday, Jan. 28, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Where: First Church of Christ
27 East St.
Pittsfield, MA
Sponsored by Berkshire Citizens for Peace & Justice
Free, all are welcome
Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton all voted for the border wall in 2006.
True those Democrats were all for a wall until the far left progressives took over the party and pushed everyone to the far radical left.
I’m a progressive who understands the illegal problem is in the hiring why must regressives complicated the matter.Put business owners in jail who hire illegals….simple
Very simple indeed.
Good news! I hear that several ICE officers are planning on attending the rally.
JONATHAN
Thanks for the reprint. Here’s the quote that stands out: “Every immigrant is living in fear right now. Fear of mass deportation, fear of raids, and that is not a condition that is good for our communities.” Sherwood is correct, if he inserts the word “illegal” in front of “immigrant.” Sherwood loves “Freedom” but he apparently doesn’t believe the United States is or should be a national of law. This country has a process with which to vet then welcome immigrants. We also have laws that say if you sneak into the U.S.A., you must be booted out.
nah, he’s even lying about the “fear” of the illegals, they gambled…and they won! They’ve gotten more out of America than they deserve, and a free trip home is hardly a punishment. They have less fear than the average resident who faces the possibility of being dragged out of his/her home due to tax increases
It’s called keeping your campaign promise. I know it’s a new concept to politicians. That’s one of the reasons I voted for President Trump, not a politician and not Hillary. All he is doing is enforcing the laws of our Country. You could leave and go to Canada, but they won’t take you they have strict immigration laws.
How about cancun?
Nope, Mexico has strict immigration laws, not sure would do good in a Mexican prison.
I love listening to liberals freaking out over President Trump’s plan to enforce the immigration laws WHICH ARE ALREADY ON THE BOOKS! Talk about morons!
Passed by Democrates
JonathanMelle, give it a rest. Good grief you are wacked out. Please, please, take your meds.
Dan just read your article in the Courier. Thought it was point on as par for the course. Stating Pittsfield failures and continued flaws. Why does every town in Berkshire County have a vote on a school building project but Pittsfield? Not to mention that it’s the largest expenditure in the history of Pittsfield. This can’t go unpunished, every person on the City Council should be voted out of office. The Mayor should be recalled, unfortunately not sure that’s in play. Well that’s enough, don’t want to get arrested
You answered your own question. They are towns and have town meeting forms of government. We are a city and have representative government. Our council voted 100% for the high school. Perhaps you could start recruiting for new councilors. Wards 1 thru 5 are vulnerable as is on at-large councilor. Wards 5 & 6 are locks as are 3 of the 4 at-large seats. Good luck in finding credible candidates.
Dear Donald,
Tension and friction equal wear and tear, which leads to fatal damage, you are on course Sir.
Mr. President keep up the good work. One week in and you have the establishment squirming like the slugs they are.
And that seems to be his agenda. As president “of all the people” his priorities should be on what is good for the country as a whole. The country is fast tracing into turmoil and do not think for one minute that you are not going to get caught up in it. Praising Trump will not save you. And those who are making big money right now because stocks are up, and are loving Trump for it, will find out that money cannot overcome the problems he is causing.
Dear Mr. President: Could you please sign an EXecutive order to get my friend out of the local jail, then just eliminate prisons all together, after all, when all the illegal aliens are sent back, we should be free of criminal activity.
The arrogant and stupid politicians in this area intend to ignore Trump’s order and will still bring in the 50 Syrian refugees to this area. They have no concern for the safety of the people who live in this area.
They’ll do anything for money, except work. Trump should call their bluff and issue arrest warrants, including a bounty if necessary to bring the traitors to justice.
Turnip’s order doesn’t mean a thing
Wrong Pat – they want to bring in 50 families – that could be 200 or more
You are right. Linda Tyer wants to turn Pittsfield into a refugee camp. Do you really think the progressives will stop at 50 families?
All these helping hand programs come with a certain amount of discretionary spending. And, well, you can pretty much do what ya want with it and that is a good thing if you control it. More pinata money…
Is Theresa May the new Neville Chamberlain?
Donald Trump is the new Adolf Hitler!
Prez Trump instituted a religious test against Muslim immigrants earlier today, Friday, January 27th, 2017.
Adolf Hitler had a religious test against the Jewish people, who he mass murdered in the Holocaust.
Donald Trump = Adolf Hitler!
– Jonathan Melle
P.S. Down with Trump!
What is baffling me is why the republican party is standing by with their thumbs up their asses. Can they not see that they are going down with the ship as well?
Stop with the nazi/hitler BULLSHIT! President Trump’s daughter Ivanka converted to Orthodox Judaism after getting together with her husband, Jared Kushner.
“When Donald opened his club in Palm Beach called Mar-a-Lago, he insisted on accepting Jews and blacks even though other clubs in Palm Beach to this day discriminate against blacks and Jews. The old guard in Palm Beach was outraged that Donald would accept blacks and Jews so that’s the real Donald Trump that I know.”
That was author Ronald Kessler in a July 2015 interview with Newsmax, talking about Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump’s business practices when it came to building a golf course in the Deep South.
In the 1990s, Trump was running into a problem getting his golf course approved by the local town council in Palm Beach, which was imposing restrictions on his bid.
So Trump shot back with maximum effect. As reported by the Washington Post’s Mary Jordan and Rosalind Helderman on Nov. 14, 2015: “Trump undercut his adversaries with a searing attack, claiming that local officials seemed to accept the established private clubs in town that had excluded Jews and blacks while imposing tough rules on his inclusive one.”
The Washington Post report continues, “Trump’s lawyer sent every member of the town council copies of two classic movies about discrimination: ‘A Gentleman’s Agreement,’ about a journalist who pretends to be Jewish to expose anti-Semitism, and ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner’ about a white couple’s reaction to their daughter bringing home a black fiancé.”
Sometimes, in judging the character of an individual, it pays to see what people actually do when nobody’s really paying attention. When it came to segregation in the South at private, all-white country clubs, it might have been in Trump’s business interests to simply look the other way. Instead, Trump did the right thing and insisted on desegregation at his golf resort.
And he won.
Soon thereafter, the local restrictions were lifted and, today, the golf course is open and remains inclusive.
It remains a point of pride for Trump, who boasted about the golf resort in a 2015 interview, “Whether they love me or not, everyone agrees the greatest and most important place in Palm Beach is Mar-a-Lago. I took this ultimate place and made it incredible and opened it, essentially, to the people of Palm Beach. The fact that I owned it made it a lot easier to get along with the Palm Beach establishment.”
At the time in 1997, then-Anti-Defamation League President Abraham Foxman praised Trump for elevating the issue of discrimination at private clubs, telling the Wall Street Journal, “He put the light on Palm Beach. Not on the beauty and the glitter, but on its seamier side of discrimination. It has an impact.” Foxman credited Trump’s move with encouraging other clubs in Palm Beach to do the same as Mar-a-Lago in opening up.
That’s the real Donald Trump. The one who dealt with a real problem to do with discrimination on race and religion in Palm Beach long before he was ever seeking public office by confronting a local planning board over its exclusive policies, determined he would do things differently.
By Robert Romano
Tyer Kroll White Amuso Tully Caccamo might be right about Walmart coming to residential Tyler Street.I’m convinced they know something we don’t know and that is they gave up on development because of what they know and we are doomed.They just don’t know how to tell us and when you feel lucky Walmart is moving 1 mile into our residential neighborhoods just 2500 feet from Elm street you know it’s over.
Can we get Walmart to build us a new police station on that property?
Not so fast on Walmart moving. If Trump adds big tariffs on goods from China Walmart is going to have to increase all its prices, which will make them less competitive. They may put a delay on new stores and may even wind up closing some. Stayed tuned.
Cut 5 million from schools and tell the superintendent to come back with his plan to run schools next September.Stop messing around with Him Behnke and Curtis as they make 2,500 dollars a week or more.They don’t understand finance and it’s reality.Just cut the budget as they always seem surprised there’s a money problem in town…..its over.We need to cut millions from this sloppy operation.
Rep. Bouvier not only got a 40% raise in her paycheck she proposed getting 25 thousand dollars extra for office expenses because she lives 100 miles from the state house. She pulled her proposal for 20k she already gets.
For Tricia Farley Bouvier it’s obvious it’s all about the money while she and her fellow progressives keep slapping the rest of us with one tax increase after another. TFB needs more money to survive all the tax increases. Too bad the rest of us can’t give ourselves a sneaky 40% increase that they also made veto proof.
Typical politician using their power to feed their greed.
They are all regressive giving rate increases to Eversourse…
Shes a big company Corp shill as with most ma democrats the are really Republicans running for corporations.
So Chris Jacoby is “retiring”. Does that mean he is actually going to come out of his office? Is he “retiring” like Peter Bell “resigned”? That Boys and Girls Club Board has completely destroyed the Club.
Ask about the pool over there.
You mean about the full time staff member who continues to be promoted who weighed a naked female club member in the girls’ locker room? She was fired from her swim coaching job at a local high school. The Board did nothing to punish her or alert the police.
Another example of progressive hypocrisy. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg is saying Trump is wrong to build a wall to keep out dangerous people from coming into the country, but Zuckerberg has just turned his home into a fortress complete with a wall around the property and is even going so far as to buy all of the houses around his so he can tear them down to prevent anyone from looking into his compound.
http://www.progressivestoday.com/open-borders-hypocrite-mark-zuckerberg-increases-personal-security/
Of course he has a wall, so do most of the Hollywood elite. You probably would get in more trouble climbing over his wall than jumping over the border wall.
Zuckerberg should let a refugee family live with him, walk the talk.These families bring in fed dollars that will be the way of failing municipalities that cannot manage their own tax riddle.
On MassLive today there is an article entitled, “At immigrant rights ’emergency rally,’ Springfield residents voice solidarity with refugees”. This makes it sound like all of Springfield has taken to the streets in support of immigrant rights, but if you read the over 100 messages posted below the article, you will see that people are outraged about the invasion of illegal immigrants and refugees that progressives want to bring into this country.
Progressives are looking for VOTERS. Progressives know they have no support from working class America because they have done nothing but hurt this group of people with their policies. So in order to win future elections bringing dangerous people into this country to put everyone at risk is okay with them. They will use their BIG BUCKS to do what people like Zuckerberg have done to protect themselves from the dangerous people they are INTENTIONALLY bringing into this country. They don’t want immigrants to go through the process of becoming legal. That takes too long and might weed out too many people that they need in this country right now. As for refugees from dangerous parts of the world who we know cannot be properly vetted, progressives want to throw out the welcome mat and will not accept any criticism when people try to voice their concerns about looking at what has happened in Europe with the refugee influx and ISIS having promised to infiltrate the refugees with radicals. Progressives put their hands over their ears and hum a tune to drown out your concerns. THEY NEED VOTERS and to do that they need to transform the country by bringing in as many outsiders as possible.
It is OK if he brings in Putin though right?
Why weren’t progressives this terrified of Russia and Putin during Obama’s eight years when Obama let that country and that man get away with anything they wanted?
Maybe I am wrong but I thought Obama did put some sanctions on them but I will put you down for your OK with Trump being a good buddy of Putin. That is going to work out great.
The sanctions didn’t exactly have Putin shaking in fear. Why do you think Putin has become such a powerful man in the last 8 yeas? Obama wanted American power to take a back seat so Putin filled the void.
And Trump will continue Obamas policy.
Trump will not sit back and let Putin get away with anything, but Trump is now dealing with a more powerful man courtesy of Obama and the progressives.
Final steel beam being put on New Taconic school. Is this American steel? How many jobs is this project creating for local workers? How many from outside the area? How much of the material is being bought locally? How much from outside?
When the 50 refugees from Syria are brought to our city (eventually), will our city leaders have actual proof of each individual’s background assuring us that they are not a danger? Only this morning on TV it was reported that Syria (a war zone)is the one country that cannot be vetted properly.
If that is true, there is no way that we can or should believe their assurances that we have nothing to fear.
Progressives know what they are doing is dangerous. They even said it at that so-called information meeting on the refugees. There is no guarantee because they can’t be properly vetted and progressives know it.
Why do liberals support muslims who hate everything they stand for?
Not true Joe.
There is NO way to vet people from the Middle East who have no paperwork. Asking them to check the no box on the application which reads “Are you a terrorist?” is not a reliable way to vet these people! This is precisely the reason Trump was elected – he was the only candidate interested in protecting American citizens and our way of life. He is a true American patriot!
Now that the refugee program is on hold – shouldn’t our city government refuse these refugees? Studies show that more than 90% of them remain on public assistance up to five years after arrival in our country. If the funds are going to be cut off – guess who becomes responsible for their care? You the taxpayer!
And yet another question – should a mayor who openly defies the law of the land be subject to impeachment?
This is not true as we have done a great job with vetting.
I also wonder why this Jewish family group is so intent on bringing refugees here. These islamic refugees hate the Jewish people and would like to wipe them off the face of the Earth.
Israel want s the U S to take care of some of the case load Not in my turf,Palestine.
I would like full disclosure from all our elected officials as to whether or not they will personally GUARANTEE our safety. And we should hold them to it if something happens. Do they realize they, individually and the city as a whole could have a major law case against them?
They cannot even guarantee our safety on the main street of our own city.
Maybe we will be “relatively safe” from the Syrian folk. It is as high a bar as you are going to get in Pittsfield, ma.
People who are not okay with Tyer turning Pittsfield into a refugee camp need to make their voices heard. Who also are not okay with Pittsfield politicians thumbing their nose at Trump to get these refugees here. 50 families is a lot of people for this city especially when they are coming from a dangerous part of the world.
Pat: Am I wrong? I have been saying 50 refugees, but is it, as you say, 50 FAMILIES?
If you are correct, this is much worse. We would then be talking easily 300 people. Please let me know.
Why are they coming here Spider ?
Supposedly 15 families with a total of 50 people if you can believe that number according to a BB article back in September.
Again, will our city leaders guarantee that the women in our families will not be sexually assaulted on city streets? Look what has happened in other countries like Germany and Sweden.
The Jewish Family Service, sponsoring this move, will not be held accountable, but our city officials sure as hell will!
The buck has to stop somewhere. I hope they all have fat bank accounts.
I believe there are local politicians using Facebook for political purposes even though they say they’re not
Change the channel Pat.
There’s a huge refugee problem over in the Middle East, who do you think is pushing the refugees to come here? Come on Man, get with it? And with that, we don’t get the cream of the crop. Trump will never let them in,looks like a Court Battle.
Wouldn’t it be great if Trump’s actions stopped the refugees from coming to Pittsfield?!
Anyone who thinks it’s good idea to admit these refugees should look into what these refugees turned a nice town in Michigan into. Furthermore, they are raping all the freebee to death.
America first Paul!
According to an article in the BB back in September 15 families will be coming here with a total of 50 people, but if anyone thinks progressives intend to stop there, they are crazy. Trump’s order should be stopping this group of people, but the Jewish agency is forging ahead with their plans to bring them here with the full support of local politicians. They said they want to assimilate them into the community. This will be a challenge in itself because their religion and culture is directly opposed to ours. Nobody mentions this inconvenient truth. They just want us to believe it will be all sunshine and good times.