BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY THE PLANET received this letter late, past “going to press.” Nonetheless, we want to share it with the citizenry in the hopes it will turn out more to the polls citywide but especially in Ward 2. FROM CHARLES IVAR KRONICK: My wife, Ann, wants me to post […]
PLANET VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION OCT. 29-31, 2021) — THE PLANET has heard from two formers mayors, reacting to our comments about the Tyer Administration’s reputed plans to use tens of millions in KOVID KASH (KK) to build a stand-alone “houseless” shelter. Bot expressed the wish that […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY First of Two Parts (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY OCT. 27, 2021) — What council veep Peter White calls the “houseless” problem has come back to bite. As they say in Jamaica, “Him bite hard.” THE PLANET has learned the 40-bed homeless shelter, slated to open in April […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY OCT. 25, 2021) — Later this week, THE PLANET will share what we’ve learned about the developing situation with the “houseless” shelter at the First Methodist Church on Fenn Street and Renne Avenue in Pittsfield. Looks like we might have another case of […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION OCT. 22-4, 2021) — Do you recall how much Linda Tyer flogged “transparency” when she sashayed into the corner office? “I’m looking through you. Where did you go? / I thought I knew you. What did I know?” — The Beatles. […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY OCT. 20, 2021) — So much information. So many reports from THE PLANET‘s Z Agents in the Secret Squadron. Dealing with the next batch: !PLANET! Banned in Boston !EXCLUSIVE! Well-placed sources tell THE PLANET that the 40-bed “houseless” facility (nod to the council […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY OCT. 17, 2021) — Time to take a whack at the topical weeds that crop-up in the polymath’s garden. Cafe Memini THE PLANET recently had coffee on successive days on two well-known political figures. The politics discussed shall remain off the record, identities […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION OCT. 15-7, 2021) — In 1984, Orwell labelled it “Thought Crime.” Today, we call it Cancel Culture. Differences without distinctions except in degree. Nazi Germany provided impetus for Orwell’s novel. The hysteria over a football coach’s expression of thought fed the […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY OCT. 13, 2021) — Democrats looking to weasel around the national debt ceiling are trying to drum up support for the minting of platinum coins “worth” $1 trillion. You read that right. This isn’t a joke. THE PLANET wishes it was. The minting of […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY Part Two of Two (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, COLUMBUS DAYOCT. 11, 2021) — Today THE PLANET celebrates Columbus Day, not Indigestible People’s Day, an apt time to conclude our Fearless Election Roundup (FER). Our FER will never be politically correct, only correct politically. On the hot seat: city clerk […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY First of Two Parts (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION OCT. 8-10, 2021) — To begin, THE PLANET sends an invitation to all candidates, plus campaign managers, workers, volunteers, and supporters, to send in whatever information you wish to this board. We shall do our best to see […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY OCT. 6, 2021) — Try finding the hint of a campaign going on in Pittsfield. It’s not there. And that just how The Suits want it. Nonetheless, THE PLANET, as always, fights the odds and does our part. Here, then, are two new […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY OCT. 4, 2021) — Why aren’t there more Democrats like former West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin, now a senator from the Mountain State? Manchin says he won’t support pairing his party’s irresponsible $3.5 trillion plan for new “gimme group” spending with a bipartisan […]
