EAT, DRINK, & BE MERRY, FOR TOMORROW … PITTSFIELD RESTAURANTS REOPEN
BY DAN VALENTI
PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY
(FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION DEC. 4-6, 2020) — Tuesday’s dramatic intervention at city hall by a coalition of Pittsfield restaurant owners did the trick. On Wednesday, the city’s Board of Health reversed itself to allow indoor dining to resume. City eateries have been shut down since Nov. 12.
The restaurateurs, led by spokesman Craig Benoit of the Hot Dog Ranch, delivered their concerns literally to the steps of city hall. That led to an online meeting involving the restaurants and the city. The meeting thrashed out the heavy brush, allowing the parties to reach an agreement. Seating inside will be limited to no more than six per table. Statewide the limit is 10.
The intervention-cum-appeal wasn’t on the scale of the local gentry confronting King John at Runeymede or Martin Luther nailing his 95 theses on the door of Wittenburg Cathedral. Nonetheless, the hard-hit businesses, all of whom have been hurt by the unilateral shutdown, triumphed. Once you apply the winnowing fan, the issue boiled down to an irrefutable point made by the embattled business owners. The ban wasn’t a state decree. It only affected Pittsfield. Restaurants in surrounding communities in Berkshire County and New York State have been open, and those who are inclined to risk their lives for the pleasure of dining out simply took their business out of town.
It would be interesting to figure out how much the ban cost the city from lost taxes.
The mayor walked the participants through the COVID data via a chart then handed it off to Gina Armstrong, director of public health, who took the long and winding road in saying little to nothing except to kumbaya to the camera, telling participants “We’re all working together.” She then referred to a “four-page document” she said went out to city restaurants “a couple weeks ago.”
“I did not get that e-mail,” Benoit responded. Apparently, neither did others. THE PLANET spoke to or heard from five restaurants after the mayor’s Zoom meeting. None of them knew what Armstrong was talking about.
THE PLANET killed 75 minutes of precious time we can never get back watching the meeting. As shaky as Armstrong appeared, she had nothing on community development director Deanna Ruffer, whose solution to the anxious business owners was to go on the city’s website for COVID-19 data.
Brilliant.
As if they hadn’t done that.
The more THE PLANET watched Ruffer treading water, the more we think she’s actually not Deanna Ruffer at all but John Evans, former keyboardist for Jethro Tull. One restaurant owner said of the meeting, “Deanna basically scolded everyone on the Zoom call that they should be reading the cities website daily.” For that Ruffer pulls down six figures plus bennies.
DEANNA RUFFER, director of community development.
JOHN EVAN, Jethro Tull band.
Nonetheless, THE PLANET commends Mayor Tyer for the leadership she showed in responding to the requests of the frazzled, frustrated restaurateurs. She met as promised then delivered the goods.
The most interesting participants in the Zoom meeting were Tony and Melissa Mazzeo, owners of Mazzeo’s Restaurant. Melissa, Tyer’s rival in the most recent mayoral election who is being sued by the mayor’s husband, said “the biggest disconnect” is that no one on the Health Board “knows the nuances of running a restaurant.” Excellent point. Tony said that in distributing PPE money to help restaurants deal with the financial hit, his restaurant has been disqualified twice, a priori. Ruffer disagreed: “No one has been disqualified.”
No? Keep your glazzies peeled, folks, to see if Mazzeo’s get $5,000 in relief the way that certain other joints are certain to get it. That restaurant has gone beyond the pale to keep diners safe. It should get some “free” loot.
Here is a sampling of some comments THE PLANET received from restaurant owners after the Zoom meeting:
After the sawdust and peanut shells had been swept from the floor, strains of Jethro Tull’s “Locomotive Breath” could be heard coming from the dumbwaiter shaft.
Have a great weekend, everybody.
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“The first time Adam had the chance, he laid the blame on women” — British politician Nancy Astor.
“OPEN THE WINDOW, AUNT MILLIE.”
LOVE TO ALL.
Just got back from a catered party, a large party of about 45 people, in Pittsfield at a business location. Some of the serving staff was wearing masks some weren’t. A number of people at the party didn’t wear masks and there were groups of 10 and more congregating. Some of these very same people are teachers that work in a school that’s closed, a former local politician and his new girlfriend, even a few of the pretty people from North Street, you know who they are. I was there as a plus one we stayed for about 10 minutes and left. We had no idea a “small gathering” meant dozens of people.
So when there’s another spike and they blame the restaurants again, just know it was some of the same people that blame the restaurants and insist they and the schools and city hall be closed that caused the problems.
Oh and the catering company, same one that had wedding problems over the summer. Not surprising.
Where?
Private home, it was a political fundraiser
First you say the party was at a business location, now it’s a private home. This whole story is starting to feel made up. Prove me wrong by naming names.
Hmmm…Jimmy Ruberto has a recent new girlfriend
Who?
There are “pretty people” from North Street?
Why.
I am sure this business would love the advertisng if you could post their name. They would not have had the party if they thought it was a bad idea after all the warnings lately. Give them some free press.
John Krol has a new girlfriend who happens to be a teacher. Ruberto has been dating his girlfriend for over 5 years.
Sounds like you should stay locked in your home with your respirator mask pulled tight. It’s SCARY out there when you don’t bother to look at the data.
*127 Covid deaths NATIONALLY under age 18, out of 26,333 all-cause deaths.
*1,187 deaths under age 30
*More Covid deaths over age 85 than under age 70.
So far MA hospitals have received almost $1.2 billion in federal Covid Relief Funds to treat 14,397 patients. That’s an average of over $80k per patient.
The actual cost of Covid PCR tests is about $15, including lab work. Testing providers (including Docs) charge anywhere from $100 to over $1,000 for “comprehensive” packages.
Keep the people in fear and all manner of unethical behaviors become possible. And insanely profitable.
I believe that all of our elected officials from Pittsfield politics to the career politicians under Boston’s Golden Dome, to Capitol Hill’s Country Club for Senior Citizens should take a 50 percent cut in pay and all other public perks during the Covid19 pandemic and 2020 economic recession. I believe that all of the politicians should lead by example while the working class people struggle to stay afloat.
If a Dentist can get Covid all businesses should get money also. I heard someone say Mel used to work for him,is that true? On the restaurant reopening, on tv 13 they showed a patrons at the bar and at tables-no mask,was I seeing things?
Is the edict you don’t have to wear masks at the tables either? I guess that we be hard to do when eating. That’s what the intention was,no dining period inside. What doesn’t Gina, The Mayor, Ms. (who is lovely by the way) note…..We are in a pandemic! Wake up! Mel says the Mayors team doesn’t know the nuances of running a restaurant. Apply that to the drinking water plant. They don’t know what needs to run the plant. Like the expert waiting in the wings.
Will the Attorney General please take look at this? I doubt that Tricia would approve as she is a avid watch dog where taxpayer money is concerned. Even Barry had to raise his eyebrows when he saw this one.
Where will these giveaways end?
We need to reimagine our politicians. They should all be earning much less money, have fewer perks, and learn to live simply. Until they live the way they expect us to live, they are all a bunch of phonies.
Given your devotion to the Trump clan this must have been very hard for you to say. I myself am also reimagining Trump and his family behind bars with little immigrant children looking at them and pointing their tiny little fingers, saying “they are the ones that put us in cages. Please don’t ever let them out to hurt children again.”
Your obsession with President Trump isn’t good. Leave the man alone. You are obviously afraid for the Marxist/Globalist agenda if President Trump runs for office in 2024.
You know that the mostly wealthy white people behind the Marxist/Socialist movement will NEVER live simply. They want all the money and power for a lavish lifestyle. They may pretend for a while, but it’s we the people who will be forced to live in communist style while being told to smile about how happy we are or else.
So very true
Ruffer’s right no one has been disqualified by the city. However the application comes with some requirements that immediately disqualify many. It requires lots of work, including hiring an accountant (imagine that) and many won’t make it and even if they do, for what?
They put less effort and requirements into handing out $10k to DJ Confused who has one, or maybe unlimited employees, and didn’t pull in over $50k in a great year from a DJ business.
In order to qualify your gross receipts have to be under $1.5 million. You have to have lost over 50% of your income from the prior month.
Ok so that $1.5 closes out a bunch of restaurants. Then proof you lost half your income from the prior month? How about half your income compared to the same month last year?
Receipts are down, people are barely, and not even, scraping by now. Comparing losing money in the last months is ridiculous.
It’s like comparing nothing to nothing. Then the mayor suggests applying anyway and ask for a waiver? Please. Give restaurants easy access to funds like you gave DJ I’m Confused.
She looks like Linda Tripp.
Yassss
Weird how the mayor can make it to a press conference that she had nothing to do with and hang out with wrong way but can’t meet in person with anyone else.
It’s Wrong Way, Moo. How dare you disrespect da DA by not capitalizing her moniker. That’s like referring to black people as “black”, instead of “Black”. I think you need some sensitivity training in diversity, equity, and inclusion. There are several certificate programs out there in cyber space, and since you are supposed to hide in your basement another few months, perhaps you will want to earn your certificate.
Speaking of Diversity training. Teachers being taught what will eventually be passed down to students.
https://redstate.com/alexparker/2020/12/04/san-diego-school-district-christopher-rufo-white-fragility-racism-city-journal-n289583
Squeaky McWrongway’s charade of a press conference blew right by everyone once again. This was no achievement. Almost two years into her term the county finally gets forced into putting together the state’s last domestic violence coalition. She took credit for it as part of her “campaign promise.” She got one thing right when she said “Elections do matter.” How she got elected is a monumental embarrassment. By the way, maybe someone can refresh my memory. Didn’t we have a domestic violence program run by the DA’s office that didn’t require an asskick from state government?
We did but she got rid of it because…needed a PR stunt.
It was called a partnership, there were actual professionals on it. They met weekly.
The victims advocates were actual professionals trained in the field.
She got rid of that, then came up with this…why? Mo’ money mo’ money.
Ask any domestic abuse victims over the last two years Squeaky Mc Wrong Way doesn’t lift a finger to actually help anyone but herself.
She has proven herself quite adept at deceit. I can see why she stays out of court.
To your last question: YES
Yes
The Best Mayor Ever ! Her heart is in the right place and the dance moves are just grooving. Maybe if the restaurant owners brought a boom box with music blaring with them to city hall, it would have gotten her to come out?
So now the story becomes;
1) how does a dining establishment “qualify” for the $5 grand?
2) when does the program end?
3) will taxpayers see the full accounting of which restaurants received the $5 grand?
As with the cash handout program for homeowners, will taxpayers see a full accounting of who got what?
Sunlight is the best disinfectant.
I trust Ruffer as far as I can throw her.
Gotta be under 1.5 mil in revenue prior year
Have to have lost 50% or more income based on prior months sales.
(Anyone with a brain would have said prior years sales and made it a lower %)
The program ends when the money runs out.
DJ DGAF got $10k to employ one person (or maybe more based on how “they” think that day) with an application that looks like their daughter wrote it.
The hot dog ranch guy hired a an accountant $700, found out he didn’t qualify because he is “only” down 44%.
I mean seriously what idiots come up with this stuff?
The gave away $3 million to the Beacon without even blinking. No accountability at all the guy pocketed $1.2 after all the fraud of the seats and such.
Mayor wanted to see if Mazzeo’s would apply, in hopes of getting an accounting of receipts from the restaurant.
Tyer and Clairmont are not to be trusted.
didn’t some guy named Barry get a gigantic sum of Covid money from the feds?
The hypocrisy of the left;
https://thefederalist.com/2020/12/03/rules-for-thee-but-not-for-me-a-rundown-of-lockdown-leftists-ignoring-their-own-rules/
Yes, and as I’ve been saying . . .
Still not a single word on Trump’s speech in the Eagle today.
The New Stalinism.
“Repeat a lie often enough, and it becomes a fact.”
–Josef Stalin, lifelong thug
Repost
dry up
Your society is doing great work
https://www.thomasmoresociety.org/
“Thomas More Society is a not-for-profit, national public interest law firm
dedicated to restoring respect in law for life, family, and religious liberty.”
Thank you. You got a thumbs down. I don’t know why.
Thomas you are nothing More than an old crank.
that’s harsh, hope you never get mad at me
Where is your papers?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzhIPvEanMg
Voter ID BAD!!! the Covid vac ID card good!!! :
https://newsthud.com/voter-id-is-supposedly-bad-but-when-the-covid-vaccine-comes-out-youd-better-not-leave-your-home-without-this-card/
The racism of Trump
How is voter ID/identification racist? Keeps election fraud, like we had nationwide here, from happening. Most civilized countries have voter ID.
So you approve an ID card for vaccinations and brownshirts enforcing it?
TSC, your papers please?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiQL71kV4t8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzhIPvEanMg
Can someone explain what exactly 1Berkshire does? Seriously. Raising money by soaking “members” for cash and getting grants from other taxpayers isn’t really a diverse revenue stream.
Buzzword Butler really hit the high notes,
Diversity, inclusivity, bandwidth, revenue streams, footprint. This idiot doesn’t get he’s a parody of himself, then again he’s getting paid six figures, has a huge expense account, and has to do about three days of work a year, so who’s really the dumb one?
“ PITTSFIELD — Although it was forced to cancel several of its signature events this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, 1Berkshire generated $1.4 million in revenue during fiscal 2020, President and CEO Jonathan Butler said Thursday, during the organization’s annual meeting.
Because of the pandemic, annual revenue at the county’s state-designated economic development agency is about $400,000 to $500,000 less than it was during the past couple of years, Butler said. But, he said 1Berkshire has worked hard to diversify its revenue streams since the agency officially was formed four years ago, so that it is not solely reliant on contributions from members.
“In 2020, it really helped us,” he said.
Butler said that, in fiscal 2021, which began July 1, 1Berkshire is operating in “about the same footprint,” which is giving us “some flexibility and allowing us to do the work that we need to do.”
1Berkshires exists to provide virtually no-show patronage jobs for the sons and daughters, mostly daughters, of the well-connected.
Well-stated, MR. G.
Makes sense
It made me laugh that they had an article recently about revenue growth or ‘generated’. It’s just money doled outs from the state government for tourism or chamber of commerce stuff not anything like economic growth. Not sure what Pittsfield has for tourism apart from the general shtick of the Renaissance that is Covid, crime and homeless in the park.
Wow many jobs do you bring per quarter here.
They bring 0 I bring more than them.
Pretty good presentation of the constitutional issues, from an old acquaintance of mine, at the GA state senate hearing yesterday:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSY_w8k3swg
Two reasons for the state legislatures to use their constitutional power (II.1.2) to appoint electors.
Either one is sufficient.
But the state legislatures in five states need to grow a pair . . .
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/election-2020-powell-trump-wisconsin/2020/12/04/id/1000147/
No samples.
I got a sample for ya
Can we stop perpetrating the lockdowns/mask wearing charades, of this so called Shamdemic. If you do even a little research, you find the masks are useless and the covid testing is incredibly flawed. The globalists and enemies of the state truly are working overtime to accomplish their goal of “resetting” our country and world.Stop with the “mass conspiracies” talk, it doesn’t fly in the minds of those who deal with factsI. I share this short(one of many) example of this fraud:
First published by Global Research on March 27, 2020
The following is from a medical forum. The writer, who is a widely respected professional scientist in the US, prefers to stay anonymous, because presenting any narrative different than the official one can cause you a lot of stress in the toxic environment caused by the scam which surrounds COVID-19 these days. – Julian Rose
***
I work in the healthcare field. Here’s the problem, we are testing people for any strain of a Coronavirus. Not specifically for COVID-19. There are no reliable tests for a specific COVID-19 virus. There are no reliable agencies or media outlets for reporting numbers of actual COVID-19 virus cases. This needs to be addressed first and foremost. Every action and reaction to COVID-19 is based on totally flawed data and we simply can not make accurate assessments.
So Donald, are you saying it is rigged?
This is an absolute lie.
The tests, NAAT, PCR, RT-PCR, and quick antibody test, tests for a strain of the Covid virus SARS-2, that is so genetically narrow that it’s at 99.9997% reliable to that one virus. It DOES NOT test for variants of corona virus or any other type of SARS.
It’s called genetics, it’s not a mystery. The SARS-2 has a very specific makeup and that is all the test tests for.
So the almost a quarter million deaths are fake? It’s because of morons like you that this is a pandemic and getting worse. Check out anything you want to know about Covid-19 on Johns Hopkins website. Unless you think that college is fake too.
Take some time to do some real research to acquire the facts located below the false veneer established by the government and nefarious forces of the left. Yes there is covid 29 out there but no where near what is being reported. I have read a multitude of “covid cases/resting” research that turned out to be fraudulent. Several reputable scientists purport the many flaws that exist in the testing. Even the testing cannot specifically separate a diagnosis of covid 19. frima common cold, flu or other type of common maladies etc many of those so called covid deaths are a result of an already existing condition in the patient.
There is a national/global reset plan that is partially dependent upon this sham being accepted whether you deny it or not. You may want to consider removing your head from the bowels of CNN and the other mainstream media. Truth is out there if you seek it , despite the fraud that you have to wallow through to reach the truth
Horace, I agree.
Amen brother.
What dribble is this you posted?
It measures the amount of goobledygook prevarications that spew out of the “Do as I say, not as I do” leftist progressives mouths every hour.
Actually, it was an error from an article that I was unable to erase
Trump was informed that this virus spreads easily and is deadly.The president agreed to keep this from the public.But you know better.
I guess Dan’s robot missed that one!
Exactly Debra. WTF
Hey Dan,
How come every post I make gets submitted for review, but crap like this Horace post makes it through?
JON
Sorry for any inconvenience. Our security system operates on algorithms that randomize. I apologize to you and everyone who gets thrown into the cue from time to time. It is only so that the algorithms can work with human review to keep this site safe and the comments section open. You are a valuable contributor, and we thank you for that.
Appreciate the reply, and I understand the need, but for me it’s gone from random to 100% of my posts, so you may want to explore that.
Thanks
Will do, JD. An initial look didn’t find anything amiss. Posts going into moderation are not banned posts.
Seriously! It is like hordes of people have a death wish. And for many, their wish is going to come true.
Maybe the dead are living in a pod in outer space and their brains are being harvested by Elon Musk. That sounds believable.
If you do work in healthcare, and are any form of clinician, you should be fired for spewing this ridiculous nonsense. There are numerous very reliable tests specific to COVID-19. Nearly 300,000 Americans, including 66 in our own county, have died from this illness. Shame on you.
Thanks, BULL.
Guess it all comes down to which sources of information are valid and true and which ones are not. I am not going to convince you and your surely not going to convince me.
This underscores one of the problems we’ve have with COVID-19 all along: Accurate and timely information that can be, with good reason, trusted.
And every hospital in Rhode Island is FULL right now with people with the flu? LA County is on a total lockdown because why? Johns Hopkins is one of the top medical institutions in the WORLD! Pretty sure what they are saying is not fake news
Well, the: left, MSM, FBI, DOJ, Willy Barr, et al………..have been provided with overwhelming evidence of the sordid nationwide voter fraud.
But they all seem giddy having a banana republic rigged election.
People should watch the hearing that they had in Georgia Senate yesterday.
Moonbat D-senator Elena Parent, when shown new video evidence, says, ” that has been debunked” (a favorite mantra of the left when confronted with evidence). Even though this was the first time the video was made public!
Video footage from Georgia shows suitcases filled with ballots pulled from under a table AFTER supervisors told poll workers to leave room and 4 people stayed behind to keep counting votes.
Two of the felons have been identified: Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss (Ruby’s daughter). The latter is a Georgia election supervisor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-7E-71Av0k
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/12/ruby-breaking-crooked-democrat-filmed-pulling-suitcases-ballots-georgia-identified/
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/12/breaking-crooked-elections-superviser-filmed-pulling-suitcases-ballots-georgia-identified-rubys-daughter-video/
“Earlier on Thursday Cristina Laila reported on the explosive video that was revealed during the Georgia ballot counting at the State Farm Arena where crooked Democrats pulled out suitcases full of ballots and began counting those ballots without election monitors in the room.
Trump’s legal team showed a video from the State Farm Arena tabulation center when poll workers were told to leave at 10:25 PM.
A few “workers” stayed behind and were seen pulling suitcases full of ballots out from under tables to be tabulated!”
See no voter fraud, hear no voter fraud, speak no voter fraud……….
Can Trump overcome the coup?
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/12/going-server-reportedly-obtained-germany-related-2020-election/
Hey Dan, your sampling of post meeting comments by the restaurateurs seem to have disappeared or been swallowed up by your ad slot. Can you restore?
Will try. Sometimes, things get eaten, as you quaintly put it, by the hungry photons of cyberspace. As our systems get more sophisticated, these glitches pop up with greater frequency. It’s called “progress.” Thanks for the notice, G.
I don’t think anyone going to restaurants is risking their lives. The problem restaurant owners have is that the goal post has moved every time they have taken action to comply. Remember WAY back when in the spring they asked everyone to voluntarily shutdown for a couple of weeks so that we would not overwhelm the healthcare system? We complied and 2 weeks turned into 2-3 months. Finally they were able to open in substantially reduced capacity in July. Then government decided to tell restaurants what is considered dinner and what is not. Finally, restaurants get into a rhythm and feel like they have a good grip on expectations and actually start maybe breaking even to catch up on lost revenue and overdue bills and the city of all places decides to pull the rug out.
Small business owners had to go to the front steps of city hall just to get a meeting and then all of a sudden the next day we have indoor dining? The leadership in this city has become an absolute joke.
Why are resturants open but my bank lobby is closed?
A few things here. They showed unmasked people in our restaurants and bars living it up? On the regional t v channels. You had the Mayor dancing in Park? With photos,including Buffet and
You have a skyrocketing water rate already, We need to cut on a he next project by letting the builder of the water plant take over to cut tens of millions. Or do we want to throw money out the window because the administration is to lazy to think outside her cash grab box.
I for one cannot afford the current increases and have to cut important things to maintain a lifestyle,which is slowly in the ditch. Stop giving Covid monies to millionaires,like dentist and double up on helping small business until this thing subsides.
Move outta Dodge. That’s what I’m doing first of year. I’m all done with the nonsense. I could right a whole column on why but here are 3 of the top reason – crime, taxes, and bums. And I can always come back for a 3am hummer by Cumby’s.
Is the tooth technician tightly tethered to Tyer?
Did ANYONE tightly tethered to Tyer NOT get covid handouts funded by taxpayers?
Pay for play anyone?
Yes, the dentist Tom Shak, “the 5th dentist,” got a $5,000 PPP check. The only painless tooth-puller in town to get one. Wonder whose wisdom teeth had to be pulled for that one!
Reason 1040 for having a forensic audit.
Can you just imagine what might pop up if she is giving money to tooth fairies? Wonder if there are any little green elves carrying away bags o gold as well. Does Kerwood have the power to say no when he sees taxpayer money going out the window or is his main job function to keep his mouth tightly closed?
Because you dont need a lobby to run a bank
and they were selling food without indoor dining
Because they already got yo money….
Shutting down the restaurants was a hit job by the Clairmonts on the Mazzeos. Their lawsuit is pending.
Bet they wish they thought twice about that kneejerk bowel movement
Lenox is on fire with covid 19.Students hang out everywhere without masking or distance.Where are the parents?The next 3 to 4 weeks the numbers will be skyroceting.
All the Lenox, out of town school choice students will share the love through the county.
Were their parents at one of GOBs get togethers/bars in Pittsfield?
Lenox on fire with COVID due to lah-tee-dah snobby Kimball FARMS nursing home.
Old news
In the shuffling madness
Great pickup, BTC!
That crap from Horace was purposeful.
It’s painfully clear that a number of people are trying to destroy this board by spree and spam posting. Dan you’ve got to go into full moderation to stop this kind of garbage.
That post was designed to slow down the board response.
The system killed the gibberish posted by Horace. THE PLANET will not go to full moderation for a variety of reasons. We have greatly stepped up the monitoring process, however. This leads to some posts from trusted, verified sources sometimes being sent into the system. As we did with JON DOE, we apologize for that. We don’t apologize, though, for taking steps to keep the comments section alive. There have been people since Day 1 who would love to see us shut down this board, just as there were elements who didn’t want me on TV, on the radio, or as a newspaper columnist for a bunch of papers. Hasn’t stopped me for 45 years. Isn’t stopping me now. As you know, THE PLANET isn’t my bread and butter. Fortunately, I have Pretty Polly, who supplies a generous revenue stream beyond the clutches of evil empires. I could quit THE PLANET tomorrow … and someday will. That is not going to be tomorrow, though, or tomorrow’s tomorrow. I have been called in write-ups “a one-man mob scene,” “Berkshire County’s most prolific journalist,” the afflicter of the comfortable and the comforter of the afflicted. It’s what the mainstream local media used to do around here and no longer does. Outside of THE PLANET, there is no other journalist who dares pull back the curtains. Yes, me may bring agita to some, but to the vast majority, Mary Jane and Joe Kapanski, we bring solace, comfort, joy, and a tiny sense that someone’s in there pitching for them. That’s what keeps this enterprise going. Not the ad revenue, though it keeps the lights on. Not the “fame” or notoriety. We’ve had 28 lifetimes of that. It’s the public service THE PLANET performs — that “greater good” we sometimes hear about.
I gotta believe your readership is growing expoentially so keep doing what you are doing Dan.
I don’t know that we have discouraged bad behavior amoung our politicians but it is nice to be able to out them for the public view. It may be that embarrassing them is the only way we can fight back. But some of them obviously don’t even care about that.
JA
Thank you. The readership has grown, a lot. As all things, there are a consequences. Good consequence: It’s made the site attractive to advertisers (any but local; we will not take local ads). Negative C: Bigger audiences make for more mischief in the insane world that is cyberspace. We may do a column on this online odyssey.
Horace is half right
Neo-Stalinist thugs, what a surprise:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/12/gen-flynn-election-witness-icu-witnesses-tires-slashed-house-broken-twice/
Thank you for making me laugh until tears came with your comparison photos of Ms. Ruffer and keyboard player John Evan for Jethro Tull. Where the heck did you find that photo? Hilarious.
MERGUEZ
Thanks! I made myself laugh out loud with that one as well. As a Tull aficionado, I was well aware of Evan. As a journalist, I was also well aware of Deanna. When I watched the online Zoom meeting and she showed up, John Evan immediately popped into my mind’s screen.
Dick Butkus was my first thought.
For me it goes back to why did Tyer shutter the restaurants in the first place ? Who are her closest confidants ? Barry and Dr. Sucksausage. The good dentist received PPE money and is open and Barry is suing the Mazzeo’s. The hatred is palpable. It’s like hiding in the open, so obvious is escapes detection. Out of 351 towns and cities Pittsfield was the ONLY municipality that came to the conclusion that “it must be the restaurants”. Hahahahhahahahahah. It’s quite disgusting.
People are broken and hungry. Get a stimulus package going Mitch. You’ll be a hero.
Yes. That decision was made. Was it a prudent “abundance of caution” or an overreaction? The latter, methinks. Glad the restaurant people got together and spoke up. I do give the mayor credit for listening and acting upon the concerns.
Dan I would be willing to pay for Planet readership.
We know that many would, but that goes against my philosophy as it pertains to this board and this medium. Appreciate the thought, ROG.
Almost All COVID Transmission Is Happening in These 5 Places, Doctor Says (yahoo.com)
Fake news. The two most dangerous places that spread Covid, hospitals and nursing homes.
That’s why YAHOO! Isn’t real news
Mayor,stop federimg to the special interests. We have a chance to get relief for the water rate payers in this City. Please have an open mind and listen to the ideas of the builder of the plant. You will be a hero!
Get lost!
Better yet City Council please do something with these rates going forward. I did hear a few or four City Councilors say the water land project would be considered by the builders proposal. Thesewer Plant was epa deqe sanctiontioned. Also heard there have been many change orders at the sewerplant? I’m serious.
Thursday was the worst day in history of pandemic. And the Mayor is opening restaurants. Because of Data?
Oops
Is this really happening in little old Pittsfield?
There’s gonna be a get together tonight at Methuselah. Sixty of the horniest folks around.
That back room next door is gonna get used tonight.
Another PCTV update from the mayor. She goes into the studio to do these so she can use the teleprompter to read canned remarks. Why can’t she be extemporaneous? She can’t function without a prompter? She won an award for this? Come on man.
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As I think you well know, I did hundreds of hours in front of those same cameras 1000% improv.
A little speaking from the heart goes a long , long way.
The Tin Man had to go to the land of Oz to get a heart and perhaps others need to visit the place. Pick up a brain while you are there mayor.
Eat drink and be Barry.
What a schmuck!
Whatever John does is his business. I strongly suggest that we all respect that. No more about this, please.
Post of the day. Dan is right 90 percent of people get divorced nowadays.
It’s “his business” except when he was using city funds for personal purposes.
I agree. I am no fan of his but this is out of bounds. And I wish his family nothing but the best, and him too for that matter. We are all infallible.
I thought there was only one Pope. I think you meant fallible. Or maybe flammable? Anyway, let’s not talk about private citizens, let’s stick to public figures who deceive. There’s more than enough there.
He sucked as a city councilor. I hope he never gets elected to anything in Pittsfield ever again.
I couldn’t agree more.
Post o day!
I’m all for pointing out professional mistakes that our politicians make, but, no one knows what goes on behind closed doors and people’s personal lives I agree are out of bounds. I never liked how all in Krol went for Andrea but I agree with Dan, this is off limits.
Thanks, JANIE.
The things is that these selfish self serving politicians have built a wall around themselves and become almost untouhable no matter what they do. They lie and cover for ech other. So if this is the only way we can lash out I am not against it. Maybe they should behave themselves and it would not happen. If the mayor told a newspaper to do a hit job on someone it would be the same thing.
How come the state didn’t move the infected residents and staff from the nursing home and put them in an isolated building such as one of the nursing homes that closed. Why didn’t they react to the outbreak at Hillcrest Commons and all the other Nursing Homes/Hospitals with a methodical plan that would have saved lives
Because the idiots that run the place are Covid deniers who said everything was OK.
AG is going to end up jailing some peeps.
One of the admins is a nurse who moved her kids to another school so she could send them to school every day.
Her husband, a stay at home do nothing “comedian” can’t “handle the kids”. He can certainly handle the 23 year old neighbor he’s banging.
Many elderly are suffering terribly in BMC. This is a terrible tragedy that could have been avoided. Nursing homes do have to be forever changed due to this suffering and become much smaller. Fewer patients in more homelike settings would be ideal.
That would be ideal, but the reality of the finances make it impossible. Most nursing homes are losing money or barely breaking even, due to low reimbursement rates by the state of Massachusetts. As you reduce the size of facilities, you lose the benefit of the economy of scale, and it becomes untenable. It’s worse in many Red states that have even lower medicaid reimbursements.
Then people could be paid to keep relatives in their home. The same outrageous amount of money that government social security pays monthly for each patient to be housed in a nursing home could be put toward people caring for their own relatives at a quarter of the cost currently paid to nursing homes.
Pat, You’ve clearly never been a care giver to a seriously compromised individual. Were that it was that simple. I hope you never have to experience it yourself.
The state pays an average of $250 a day to a facility, which is hardly outrageous given a person is housed, fed, provided medical care, and is attended to by multiple people throughout the day, all varying on the level of care needed. In most cases, the reimbursement doesn’t cover the cost of providing the services. It’s easy to spout off about these topics, but the realities are much more complex.
I may agree with you somewhat. My mom has had many serious health issues over the years and I felt bad about her being in a nursing home, but the reality may be that I just couldn’t care for her very well at home. I still think though that Hillcrest especially has too many patients and too few staff and in this COVID crisis it can spread quickly among so many patients.
The Hillcrest situation is concerning, no doubt.
18 dead as of now and check back tomorrow. But that is only part of the tally. Hopefully some reliable media source will get the true story out soon.
If Trump was any kind of leader this thing would have never ballooned into such a monstrous killer. He did everything wrong and he did everything wrong intentionally. Now he stands to make a fortune on the theraputics and vaccines. He is beginning to make Hitler look like the candy man.
You can’t pay someone to care – either they care or not.
When a politician sleeps with a constituent and in turn gives her quid pro quo by trying to secure taxpayer money or to ease inspections, that’s a problem.
A politician who cheats shows very poor judgement and has shown us that they can’t be trusted. It is sad to see people with such bad character are our kids supposed role models. Can’t we do any better?
Hey,come on. Sometimes the little head thinks for the big head. Human nature.
and when it does sometimes people talk about it. So if they did not know this they know it now. Anybody else with little heads thinking for big bulbous heads?
Just for fun. Matt Kerwood sits on a +$10 million slush fund. I like to write about it over and over again. Don’t forget about the lovely Linda Tyer, who is the best Mayor of Pittsfield, EVER! Also, Adam Hinds and Tricia Farley Bouvier are calling for state tax hikes in 2021. Lastly, Richie Neal represents greedy K Street lobbyists instead of the struggling working families in his Western Massachusetts Congressional District.
Let Mr. Gaetani save us tens of millions on the water plant going forward. Don’t forget she still has her eye on a newo.ice station, and did we forget about Lady a Boots monstrosity on Valentine road? Heard there are already change orders over at the Sewage Plant. Maybe the City Council can look into that? After all,they approved it.
Didn’t the City have to add more cash while digging at the Taconic school. which isnt Being Usd by the way. Gawd!
You should comment before you drop acid.
With or without cid, it is the same old from him. One day he loves the best ever and other politicians who handout free money to some and the next day he is running the best ever and others over with the Melle bus.
funny stuff. BUT, I have always been a big fan of the lovely Linda in Pittsfield politics ever since the 2003 “WHEN” election. She is the BEST!
Whatever she’s best at isn’t being mayor.
I wish the best mayor ever would tell someone (Kerwood)who works for her in her administration, to release some of that dough from said SLUSH FUND.for the hardworking taxpayers whose water bills and property tax rates are driving people into the poor house.
Joe Biden says that if he and Kamala disagree on an issue, he will make up an illness and resign. This gives me little confidence in a Biden/Harris administration. These people are crazy.
He’s already gloomed us with the Dark Winter. And how many times is the media going to depress us at nausium about the tragic car accident?
I’ve been asking myself for a while, why Kamala Harris? I’ve heard no one ask or answer that anywhere. No support at all in the primary, couldn’t raise money, dropped out before the first vote.
Biden didn’t need help in CA.
No one ever asked why Biden as Obummer’s VP either.
My first thought was she’s owned by Silicon Valley and she brings all that money with her. They insisted on it and got it. But then why didn’t they finance her in the primaries?
But then Limbaugh yesterday was adamant that she is Obamalinsky’s surrogate, not Biden. So Obummer got her in there, but it’s not like he’s a stranger to Big Tech–how many times did Google go to his White House?
But, I’m getting ahead of myself.
It’s fraud from over.
The reason this ISN’T out of bounds is because of the allegations that preceded this.
Krol allegedly used his position as a city councilor to help this lady when she and her husband ran and owned the restaurant next to the Beacon.
One of the reasons Krol left politics was because he was using his political clout and access to the public to help get her favorable permitting, interceded on her behalf in a dozen or so issues.
It was long rumored that there was something else going on.
Well I’ll be a monkey’s uncle. Thanks for enlightening me. I miss all the good news.
In that case, I stand corrected.
Krol used his position as a city councilor to help a restaurant? Oh the shame!
I cannot believe it ! So much for th all American family.
Allegedly he used his position to get a cut rate deal on a liquor license, help them avoid necessary inspections, and got negative health inspections changed.
People forget, he was in tight with Tyer and that whole group, then “something happened” and he moved away.
It had long been rumored there was some malfeasance and he was given an option, either resign/don’t run again or they would go after for whatever the issues were.
Speculation ran from an abuse of office position/misuse of funds/that he was having an affair and using his position to help the person he was sleeping with.
All I know is the guy didn’t run and exiled to Boston.
Then on facebook he posts he’s back in the Berkshires and in a relationship with the person he was allegedly helping, unduly and unfairly helping. They got a $100k license for $30k. The restaurant across the street at the time paid full price.
They were able to walk into that space, after it being abandoned with little permitting. Inspections got changed.
I don’t know if any of that is true. I do know they paid $30k for the liquor license.
I also know that he posted on Facebook he is in a relationship with the exact person many of these allegations focused on. I do know from friends of Allison that the divorce was included allegations of him cheating.
John is a public figure, just as Barry is.
People say horrible things about Barry but John is protected? John continues to try and wield political influence along with Darcie Sosa and that bunch. John has his podcast and is active on Twitter and Facebook.
He posted on Facebook his relationship status with this woman. So treating him differently seems very unfair.
Giving him a pass when you let people trash the Volastros, who aren’t public figures. Very unfair.
I assume he had to get the discounted liquor license OKed from above as he could not pull that off totally by himself. I wunner who that individual or indivuals may have been. And could the mayor possibly have this happen right under her nose without her knowing? Or…..
Is that a run in her fish net stockings?
dunno but, those boots look like they were made fer walkin..and as Nancy Sinatra says, “someday they may walk all over you”. Guess she was talkin about the Pittsfield taxpayers
My oh my how the mighty have fallen!
I’m glad the restaurants are back open, I was getting tired of having to go to large private parties to get decent food.
The Mrs says she’s a good cook but she doesn’t really cook, so I have to. That’s ok I like wearing heels and an apron so I’m fine in the kitchen.
Just in case anyone is wondering as long as the gathering that may server food and drinks and may be catered and maybe a fundraiser includes political speech, it’s ok. You can’t get Covid while talking politics and wheeling and dealing to give taxpayer money away to friends.
It’s also ok to have a large dinner party at a private home if that includes discussions about how you are going to divvy up Tyler street grant money and are also helping Andrea plan for the next election. Expect a bunch of press releases from her office, sort of like a flurry of gobbledygook. I will say Andrea and Andy make a cute couple, although they have a mother son look about them. Andy is soooo cute in his I’ll fitting blazer. Like a teenage boy who’s not yet a man. Soooo yummy.
Graft and bribes are ok as long as you aren’t sleeping with the people you are getting kickbacks from. It’s a hard lesson but it’s the bottom line.
Whoa! I double the “schmuck” label!
If you poke the bear ya might get swatted back. The taxpayers can be a bear sometimes.
I have zero sympathy for politicians who use their office to crap on people. they should reap as they sow. Let it all hang out.
https://www.berkshireeagle.com/opinion/our-opinion-amiss-in-egremont/article_b4729120-0bca-52f1-8744-78193af15450.html
Why are they printing this – making me ill. God grant me good luck, im gonna need it.
They printed it in 2013. Mrs Patton you need to stop. You’ve ruined every relationship, broken every trust, accused many for things they never did. Your mental illness and desire to self medicate with illegal drugs has made you a danger to yourself and others.
Updated Nov. 3, 2020
This is a legitimate question as it relates to prior allegations of what he did for her and her restaurant while he was a city councilor.
He ran heave interference for her from permitting, inspections, and advocated, for a TIF.
Dan is no dummy. I’m guessing he wants to be on record here as discouraging comments in case he is threatened. The best defense for a libel accusation is, of course, truth. Keep it real, people.
Thanks, EW. I want it on the record that the postscript to each column contains language that clearly spells out that the contents of the comments are the responsibility of each individual. Remember, when you post a comment here, you OWN that comment. Liability falls to each respective author, who are identified by photonics “fingerprints” built into the platform and the system. I also want it on the record that this tendency to detail alleged dalliances is not what THE PLANET is about. We discourage comments of that sort because it is the right thing to do. If commenters continue to ignore the warnings, there are other firewall measures we can take. Y’all dig?
Were they parked the wrong way on a one way street?
I’m drawing a big blank on a resuranrt next to the Beacon other than J Allens???
Marketplace Cafe – 53 North St.
Wednesday February 15, 2012
PITTSFIELD — Citing the consuming schedule required of the business, the owners of Brulées are closing their North Street restaurant for good Thursday night to focus on catering and their two young children.
Cara Peckham, co-proprietor with her husband Ken, the executive chef, said that the pair’s decision was entirely personal.
“We have a young family and want to spend more time with family,” she said, noting that her children are 3 years old and 9 months old.
The Peckhams moved into the capacious storefront neighboring the Beacon Cinema in July 2010 after Bobby Hudpucker’s vacated the space. Initially in the market for a home for their catering business, the couple saw 41 North St. as suitable for an expansion into dining.
A year and half later, they’ve decided to quit the newer venture.
“We just decided we really wanted to focus on the catering end of it,” Peckham said. “The restaurant is not something we want to do anymore.”
Although she said there were no financial problems animating the decision to shut down the bistro, Peckham noted that construction on North Street had been an issue for business.
The Peckhams informed the 15 part-time employees of the imminent closure at the end of last week.
“We have a phenomenal staff,” Peckham said. “That was the hardest part of all of this. They were surprised and everybody was really sad.”
Megan Whilden, director of Cultural Pittsfield, said in an email that the closure did not speak poorly of downtown development.
“I was sorry to hear about Brulées closing, but I absolutely don’t think it is a reflection on downtown Pittsfield’s ongoing renaissance,” she said. “I think they created a terrific restaurant, but that is a difficult location to maintain because it is so big.”
If Kamala and Joe Biden disagree over a moral issue, Joe will up and resign after he makes up a fake illness. But would it be fake? Joe really seems confused that he would not fight for his moral beliefs, but just walk away from the presidency instead? Very disturbing.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/biden-harris-develop-disease-resign
It’s his right eyebrow that gets me.
Neither one has morals or scruples. Prerequisite for running D-
A bit off topic, but weren’t the developers of the Morningstar property granted lots of free money (abatements) because they were creating affordable housing in the city?
Their new Craigslist ad describes “29 new, luxury residences” renting for $1580 per month…
Loads of cash and the city did a lot of work that developers would normally have to do.
But hey they support Tyer so it’s ok
Is that like a different way of saying “condos”? And does that $1580 include utilities? Can you have pets? Is there parking? Do you need to sign a lease?
You buy a condo. You rent an apartment.
They were given the abatement for developing “Market Rate” housing, not affordable housing. Market Rate is just that-what the market will bear. Personally, I think $1,580 for a two bedroom apartment on Tyler Street is nuts, but if they can get it, more power to them. Abatements are generally good, as they encourage development that might not have happened anyway, and since the amount being abated is on the increased value as a result of the construction, the city doesn’t experience a decline in taxes as a result, but rather a delay in getting the increase in taxes.
Someone was on here the other day basically complaining how Milltown was in it to make money. Let’s hope they do, as they plan to continue to reinvest in Pittsfield. This city is not a pot of gold and if the investment opportunities were so attractive, we would be overrun will firms trying to take advantage of them, but Milltown is about it. So we should be grateful and do everything we can to support them.
Sounds like a bit of gentrification going on there. So is the mayor trying to push the low income less fortunates out of the area?
Keep Tyler Street weird!
If you’re rehabbing vacant buildings and empty lots, how are you pushing anyone out? What is driving up rent in Pittsfield is section 8 reimbursements which are about $1,400 for a three bedroom apartment.
What do mean by gentrification?
Pushing the old and poor out in favor of new, wealthier and younger families.
Like Brooklyn or parts of Harlem. They want to make Tyler street the Starr Street of Bushwick.
Keep licking those boots jon.
I call it like I see it. Just like I said the home improvement money giveaway was the biggest waste of GE Development money I’ve ever seen. I guess when you can’t intellectually defend your position you resort to name calling.
Again, these people are investing in the city like crazy when no one else will. I just don’t get why people want to put them down. It’s a miracle anyone would invest here after seeing people attack the efforts of anyone who tries to do something. Everyone had complaints about Wayfair too. We’ve got to stop turning on people who are making real investments and putting their money where their mouth is.
https://www.berkshireeagle.com/news/local/restaurateurs-start-cooking/article_4a38561c-7fa0-5171-9d17-e873019ab067.html
Those posting stuff on Facebook pretty much know that the world has access to whatever personal info is posted. If you don’t want it out there have a brain and don’t post it.
Any teacher or politician at a party should be fired.Any educator or administrator at a party needs t o step down.Where the hell is Curtus and his safety officer not getting the message out.Teachers stay at home.We dont care if you are looking for a date.Grow up.Politicians and educators are the most irresponsible people with the virus.
Well put, TSC.
Not that well put. He’s full of shit. Most of the teachers are staying home and disrupting their own homes setting up cameras on their dining room tables and communicating with the kids from there. I don’t know what the politicians are doing but I do know what most of the teachers are doing. It’s the same old crap on this blog, the virus is spreading, blame the teachers. Sadly Valenti goes right along with it.
When “data” comes from the same source as do the solicitations, ya HAVE to wonder. This goes for everything, all data – domestic violence data, covid-19 data….. it’s attached to a 501c3 every time, however, the CEO’s are six fixtures, go figure.
Maybe we would have less of a need for more adolescent mental health treatment if you’d stop lying to them.
Lies generate hysteria – TRUTH JUSTICE = order of chaos, isn’t that what children seek. And for good reason – hysteria look it up.
The rules just don’t apply to some, ever. Roasted Garlic was packed, people at the bar, a table of 11. When you push two tables of 6 thisclose it’s really a table for twelve.
Serving alcohol without food.
They were a big part of the problem and they still are and I guess they don’t freaking care.
This points to a major concern. You can make all the rules you want, institute policies, demand reform, insist on best practices. Those don’t mean a thing. It comes to to a.) Compliance and b.) When there is no compliance, enforcement. Early returns indicate that Pittsfield has neither.
The hubris of man. Mother Nature creates a virus that demonstrably spreads in seasonal waves, yet when it does we look to point the finger at other humans as the cause–in many cases, humans who are just trying to survive financially, keep their businesses afloat so they can feed their families, etc. Worst of all is what we have done to children, with absolutely no rational basis.
In world with MORAL leadership, the relative risks posed by Covid would be common knowledge among ALL of us and we would be equipped to make OUR OWN decisions as to how much risk we should tolerate. But COVID leadership here in the U.S. has been anything but moral, and so many of us are left floundering in the dark, deathly afraid of a virus that for many of us poses no significant risk. While the consequences of our Covid monomania are ignored or waved away as of secondary importance.
The NIH estimates that for every month schools are closed, about 90,000 case of child abuse go unreported. Schools being the first line of defense and discovery of such incidents. Poor kids especially are the victims of this abuse, which is compounded by the academic and developmental hole they are being put in, which will likely impact the rest of their lives, including their expected lifetime earnings and life expectancies.
Anyway, the below chart details Covid mortality by age, alongside all-cause death data. My guess is that most people will find these numbers shocking, since they are almost never mentioned as part of the public discourse. If anyone who reviews this data still believes a one-size-fits-all approach to Covid that does not discriminate between risk profiles is best, I’d be very curious to hear they’re argument.
https://twitter.com/kerpen/status/1334543543944228864/photo/1
Anyone seeing this going on should take and post pictures. That is what cell phones and social media are for during a pandemic. Masks, social distancing and cell phones outing.
And wasn’t the owner of Roasted Garlic among those restaurant owners meeting outside of City Hall asking for help?
They are also the ones who got their license suspended for having a wedding during covid and having too many people and not wearing masks.
They are also the ones who helped fuel the most recent Covid explosion.
They had employees working and didn’t close while waiting for tests to come back.
They were really rude here and couldn’t post tests proving they were not lying.
Someone mentioned on here that at least 16 cases of Covid tied back to their restaurants.
So they just don’t care.
Obviously PR is different than RAO – things that become clear after the fact. In my mind, I’m just trying to get the Truth & it doesnt matter who it comes from.
Those who continue to hold out hope Pittsfield will become “vibrant, dynamic, inclusive, reclusive, intrusive,” and what other buzz-words do-nothing pol’s create to try and hide their failures, think about who’s in charge:
Tyer-hides behind zoom meetings, so she doesn’t have to face reality, that she’s doing an even worse job than Sara Hathaway. And who ever thought that could be possible?
Harrington-everytime the women opens her mouth, it’s either a lie, to blame somebody else for her wrong doings, and can’t even pay her bills. This is our chief law enforcement leader in the county. Any updates on the recent murders in Pittsfield, or do you have more pressing things like bring cereal to the homeless-but only if the media is there.
Country-Buffet-the only time you ever saw this woman do anything in a hurry, is when she almost busted her a** slipping down the hill, trying to get one last meal, before the Country Buffet was shuttered. She wasn’t going to let them cancel her VIP free meal ticket, before she ate one last time. In office, she’s voted herself pay raises, never voted down a tax-hike to the citizens, wanted to give free driver’s license to illegal immigrants, so you can see she’s working hard for the tax-payer.
Hinds-why did he “leave” the United Nations to return to the Berkshires? And since he’s been in government, other than carry a jug of milk for the homeless, what has he done?
Moon-is such a pathetic person, that she makes up a bullish*t story about being “arrested at gunpoint and thrown in jail,” for a petty traffic offense. Why? She’s an oppressed minority who got targeted by the big bad, white men, of the Boston Police. She is a city councilor. A proven liar. A proven race baiter.
Yuki-knew she could ignore the laws and get away with it. And guess what? She did. Allowing large unmasked parties to enjoy a few drinks, before work, after work, she didn’t care. Her place helped spread the virus…..among other things spread.
So, when you drive around the vibrant, dynamic, city, just remember the names above, plus others like former Mayor Jim Rob-U-Tooberto, are the reason things are so jolly in Pittsfield.
Very little help for the elderly COVID patients at Berkshire Medical Center. They have no blood plasma, no antibody treatment, no Regeneron, no Hydroxychloroquine. They are mostly relying on Remdesimir and steroids to help the very sick elderly with COVID-19. Steroids used on the elderly can cause so many problems with the dementia that many of them have and cause them to have a lot of extra suffering in addition to the COVID.
High dose I.V. vitamin C was used in NYC hospitals with success. Of course big pharm has nothing to gain with this treatment.
Krofta Sand Float results ……Impeccable.
Something different needs to be tried because what they are doing now is not working. Steroids may work in younger patients, but the very frail elderly and even anyone over 55 are not helped at all and if they do survive, the steroids may make any dementia extremely worse in the over 75 group. First do no further harm to the individual. The COVID is bad enough, but too aggressive treatments with the wrong medicines can be devastating for the patient while they need all of their strength to fight this virus.
If only Donald had asked people to wear masks? Why did he have to be such a dick about it? Really. Why?
Please. People are losing family members and friends and they are blaming the virus and China NOT President Trump. This virus is a monster whether lab created or occurring naturally and it is especially devastating for the elderly and frail.
Soldatos just want to have restaurants closed so they can reduce the competition.
Staff not wearing masks in the back some wearing them as chinstraps or below the nose.
Isn’t one of the rules no beer without food? They are bar serving beer. Are they trying to ruin everyone’s jobs?
Close them down before we all have to close down.
The directors of nursing and the administrators at Fairview and Hillcrest Commons need to be in prison! They’ve killed dozens of people by their negligence. They moved staff between the facilities and spread Covid.
Their irresponsible staff management has killed dozens. Where is the AG?!? This is like the Solider’s Home just on a smaller scale!
There are 250 homes in Pittsfield under quarantine and now we learn about new house parties with more politicians and educators.The Mayor and Joe Curtis need another investigation.
Keep our water Tact Mayor. Flawless operation. Plenty of it taste delicious and for Krist sakes stop raisimg our damn water rates going forward. Or as the Planet would say stop throw8ng it out the window. I’ve heard there are change orders already goimg on at the sewer plant? Maybe Dans spy’s Dan give us something on that. Incredible.