STUFF: MAYPO’s MOST PRESSING CHOICE … R-E-S-P-E-C-T … TELL ME WHY … FAUCI THE FIBBER … ARPA SCHMARPA … ‘WHAT CRISIS?’ … IN BILL WE TRUSTED
BY DAN VALENTI
PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY
(FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY JAN. 15, 2024) — As always, too many issues, not enough columns.
More Pain for Taxpayers — Mayor Maypo says he doesn’t see where he can reduce Bitchfield’s $206 million spending. Off the top of our head, THE PLANET can think of many reductions, including a change in the city’s 85-15% health insurance. A reduction to 75-25 saves millions and is still far more generous than most plans. 70-30? Even better. Another slash that would not only be painless but would amount to addition by subtraction: End the DIE office. A third: Conessions from the Sochol Department, which eats 70%+ of the $206 million.
R-E-S-P-E-C-T — The mayor wants respect. He can earn it by showing leadership. Message to Maypo: You can’t lead and have everyone love you. Tough choices hurt but lately the only ones hurting are Mary Jane and Joe Kapanski. The current rate of city spending is crushing taxpayers, small businesses, and the elderly.
Tell Me Why — … is Jumping’ Joe Curtis still superintendent of sochols? … is Ricky Rumpus still running the DPW (into the ground) … is Kufflinks Kerwood still keeping Bitchfield’s books … has the rotund Miss Jane Hathaway not departed back to the happy hunting grounds? … is also a great Beatles song!
Fauci the Fibber — The House Select Subcommittee on the Corono virus exposed Dr. Fauci’s version of science. “Science” to Fauci is arbitrarily ordering the ridiculous “six-foot distance” rule. Fauci’s “science” told everyone to wear masks, don’t wear masks, wear masks. With no scientific basis, he ordered Americans to be vaccinated and punished those who refused up to losing their jobs. His “science” closed schools, setting back academic performance by years. It shut down America’s economy, leading to one of the the biggest grifts in U.S. history in the form of the ARPA Bux. Fauci, more than any other single American, destroyed what little was left of We The People’s trust in government.
Speaking of ARPA — Joe Biden’s ARPA scheme was a costly charade to coverup mismanagement and buy votes in 2024. From the Boston Herald, Jan/ 14, 2024: “Has there ever been a president who has exhibited such disdain for the taxpayer? Democrats created the American Rescue Plan, a bank-account that high-tax, big-spending states could tap to disguise fiscal mismanagement.” Right, Shirly Edgeaton (D-Racial Grift)?
What Crisis? — Over the weekend, reporters asked Biden if he thought the anarchic situation at America’s southwestern border constitutes a “crisis.” Biden’s answer: “No.” He then proceeded to gaslight Republicans for the influx of illegals now overrunning major cities. Did you ever wonder why Democrats would purposely destroy our borders, without which there’s no country? Look no further than the Administration’s plan to allow non-citizens the vote.
GOAT — Bill Belichick won’t be unemployed for long. His unprecedented 24-year run with the New England Patriots ended just as it should, with a love-fest press conference with owner Robert Kraft. The totals: 17 division titles, 13 conference championship games, nine conference championships, nine super bowl appearances, six super bowl titles, and the greatest dynasty in the history of American professional sports. Belichick had stops with the Lions, Broncos, Jets, Giants, and Patriots before taking over for Peter Carroll in New England. He’ll bring his eight super-bowl rings and 337 career wins elsewhere. THE PLANET predicts he’ll be passing Don Shula on the all-time win list (15 away) with the Atlanta Falcons. In Bill We Trusted, and We Were Rewarded.
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LOVE TO ALL.
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Belecheck goes to Cowboys. Brady comes back too, and the dynamic duo take em to the Super Bowl next season, and win in overtime!
Democrats/Liberals/Leftists report card from Americans 2020-2023- F-
Biden deserves some kudos, after all he’s won the US Limbo Championship, three years running. He’s now on the precipice in 2024, of beating all his past three years records. How low can you go Joe ?
But what about Benghazi? And Pearl Harbor?
Killery knew about the former, and FDR knew about the latter, both in advance of the events.
Hillary did not answer the Red Phone.
It just rang and rang until all the hope burnt dead.
What about Gettysburg? And why can’t we ever seem to know about surprise attacks before they happen? What is it about surprises that surprise people anyway?
We know about Biden’s/Leftists open border invasion of America , by Criminals without citizenship.
This has been supported, aided and abetted by the current Executive Branch installed Junta; an act of treason.
Are You surprised at this?
Hillary spent 17 hours answering every question from the MAGA party.
We are supposed to give Mayor Peter Marchetti a 90 day grace period from criticism(s). He doesn’t like people commenting on social media and blogs about his municipal administration. BUT, good job telling him off!
I think the Greeks moved their Trojan horse into Troy during a 90 grace period.
Just saying.
Biden’s Junta, has given Criminal Aliens a 3 YEAR grace period
By CLAIRE RAFFORD
12/20/2021 12:07 PM EST
Updated: 12/20/2021 07:40 PM EST
Former President Donald Trump said he received a Covid-19 booster shot, revealing the news to former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly on Sunday during one of their “History Tour” live events.
O’Reilly also confirmed he received a booster shot, though neither said which one they received.
If you mention the “Cultural Competency Coach,” let’s not forget the $750,000 ARPA-man, AJ Enchill, and the Berkshire Black Economic Council.
I was curious what my $750,000 tax-money “contribution,” (aka-a grift), was getting me.
To date, number of jobs created by the BBEC, not related by blood or friends with AJ Enchill?
I’ll let legendary Faber College President Dean Wormer give you the exact amount:
Zero Point Zero (youtube.com)
Are there money management trainings or a training to help launch a start-up business for “people of color” being put on by the BBEC?
I checked their upcoming events and found NONE.
There is karaoke Wednesday’s, Friday night jazz, West African Caribbean Drum and Song classes, and the NAACP meeting.
Bulletin – Berkshire Black Economic Council (berkshirebec.org)
AJ and Shirley Edgerton made out like bandits in this racial grift. They fleeced Flat Tyer simply by being a black man and a black woman.
Talk about having “racial privilege.”
Tax breaks and covid money as well?
Change tax code as wealthy men wrote it and poor men love the wealthy plan.Get rid of school choice which is a racist FED law to kill democratic urban cities.Seperate state from church teachings so churches can go back to recognizing the truth.Stop the bribes to all politicians of any party.Teach what a traitor is in the congress.Stop FOX media from advertising that don’t have 25,000 police on our borders.Clean up the Republican party so they love democracy again.Trump is the great deceiver because he confused the people of God who don’t know right from wrong or truth from a lie.
Even my Biden gibberish decoder ring can’t decipher that one.
So frightening that people in the school department actually think like this.
No, those cats don’t think at all. Watch a meeting.
Pop a top again
I think it’s unscrewing another cap of ripple, but could be a 40oz?
I agree with getting the State out of Church business.
True about the illegal immigrant invasion. Everything the Democrats are doing is a power play and that includes the invasion. Democrat Rep. Yvonne Clarke admits that the invasion will help with redistricting. Democrats have been fighting for years to redraw the congressional map in New York to lock out Republicans and with many people fleeing Progressive states, the invasion will help them to keep their population numbers high. It’s also about voting across the country and trying to keep Republicans out of office.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/house-democrat-gives-damning-explanation-for-why-she-needs-illegal-aliens?utm_source=theblaze-breaking&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20240110ActiveTrending-DemCongresswomanIllegals&utm_term=ACTIVE%20LIST%20-%207%20Day%20Engagement&tpcc=email
Immigrants cannot vote in federal elections.
My grandparents were immigrants who came to America legally, learned English, became citizens, and voted legally.
Criminal Aliens should all be deported, not supported.
Mine didn’t get a free hotel, meals, phone, and no id needed licenses.
They had to manage.
Mine raised 11 children during the depression on a farm, they always had work to do and were never hungry.
Mine came from a lineage of alcoholics but nonetheless had to make their own moonshine. While they would surely have taken free booze or financial help for their distillery equipment, they were not offered it. I am thinking of filing for reparations.
Ever thought of breaking with family traditions?
https://www.berkshireaaintergroup.org/
Tuesday
7:00 am Sober at Sunrise George B Crane Center 81 Linden St Pittsfield
Noon Ivory Keys Serenity Group St. Stephen’s Church 67 East St Pittsfield
6:30 pm Mens 12th Step Group Men Saint Charles Church 89 Briggs Ave Pittsfield
Hit!
Then you should set up an appointment with BBEC President, AJ Enchill.
You two can discuss reparations, while enjoying the West African Caribbean Song and Dance class going on in the background.
Unless they were stealing a crown stamp, I don’t think it was moonshine.
Not yet, but Tricia Farley Bouvier here in Pittsfield is urgently getting the illegals drivers license and signing them up to vote at the same time. Why would she do that if they didn’t have the intent of having them vote?
T.F. Blivot should be paying for them all.
She was sworn in to represent US citizens not criminals from other countries.
She wants them to be seen by the census.
Speaking of the census. Pittsfield, the city who tosses millions into the wind for all things frivolous, would not even provide a stamped return envelope for its last census. That seemed like a really stupid, or maybe purposeful, move. And my guess is that that is part of the reason Pittsfield’s census figures could be off by several thousand. Which city ignoramus made the decision to save a few bucks on something this important while spending a quarter million dollars on plant decorations?
Serious question.
Why should I pay your postage for the census?
Why should I pay for schools when I have NEVER had a child in the Pittsfield school system? (or any other) Over 50 years of paying taxes for this. Seems like there should be a prorated amount instead of senior citizens paying the same amount as the family with four children. At 70 years a person should have their property taxes cut by two thirds, especially if they have been paying taxes in the same city for most of their life.
Look at all the other silly reasons people and business s are getting tax breaks in Pittsfield and compare the reasonability of them compared to seniors who use a small fraction of the services.
Probably true. Public tax arg for public education did not assume a union driving the bill and the State forcing the parent out of the room.
Public school taxation should be based on use.
THE PLANET T-O-T-A-L-L-Y agrees. If the argument then becomes: “There won’t be enough money for programs,” then the answer is to privatize education. We favor privatization. The only way to save education is to blow up the present system.
And that is because the current system corrupts children.
Yes. They count the foreign criminals and base voting districts on that data.
It’s not about votes. It’s about head count. Meat.
Hitler, as you know from your reading, spoke not of men but of meat. The illegals are just meat for the Party.
The Hit man was a vegan.
I never tried a vegan burger. When is open season on Vegans?
The season begins the day after the Super Bowl and ends on the last day of the NFL Draft.
Interesting.
Dead people can’t vote in federal elections, either.
Yes they can. They have been doing that since they’ve been registering during LBJ.
And voting Leftist two or three times since Slick Willie.
Edit not working again, The dead been voting 2-3 times since Slick Willie, who knows how many times since Sotero?
Actually Kennedy and the Chicago machine used many that had long passed their time on the earth in the 1960 election, funny it always seems to be the Democrats
Joe Kennedy’s dad saw to it that Daley and Chicago “delivered.” Nixon took the loss with class. He had a case.
And which party held majority for the 20th century.
Not legally! And dead democrats don’t vote.
Gawd bless Marty king jr. And Joey Biden
And Joey Bishop. And Joey Jay. And Joey Paoli.
Paoli!
You ridden the Paoli local? R5.
Paoli. Greatness.
And Joey Heatherton
And Joey Giardello.
And Joey the kangaroo
And Joe E. Brown.
YUP
God save from the Bidens and those who installed him.
Fauci and Hunter Biden are great distractions from insurrections and other assorted Trump legal issues. We owe a debt of gratitude to them. If we can just focus on them everybody will forget about Jan 6th and the trump crime syndicate until the next election and the next insurrection which will occur the day after the next election I imagine. Unless trump is going to wait a day or two.
Trump’s legal issues stem from a weaponized Leftist DOJ, which in fact is just partisan election interference.
It’s worse than partisan election interference. It is more like Putin’s war, as started by Tsar Nicholas I, against financial enemies first (long since won – first by the gulag, second by the window), public enemies second.
Get an X (Twitter) account and take a look at the videos of J6 being released.
All black clad ANTIFA members changing into Trump gear. Capitol Police Officers and undercover federal agents tore down security barriers to allow entrance into the Capitol and then took selfies and fist-bumped “insurrectionists.”
I know democRATs only think on an elementary level, but pull the thinking cap on a little tighter Snark. I’ll spell it out for you like I did TSC:
*Most, if not all MAGA members, are former/current military, police, fire, and other similar jobs. I include myself in this group.
*This means that they (we) have been trained to use weapons efficiently.
*Capitol Police Officers are armed.
*The J6 video Trump posted asking his MAGA members to return to their homes peacefully was taken down minutes after he released it and deemed “misinformation” by the Xiden administration.
*If MAGA members were really going to try and overtake a major federal institution, I’m willing to bet my pension it’d be with a WEAPON and not a CELL PHONE.
*Trump transferred power peacefully, even though his campaign was illegally spied on by Bathhouse Barry and Xiden (Crossfire Hurricane).
Stop with the J6 nonsense. You look as foolish as TSC posting it.
Have you thought about seeking psychological help for your serious case of TDS? You realize he’s been out of office for over three years, but lives rent free in your head.
Pathetic
Try to avoid partisan bogus news sources. Find it kind of insulting that someone would think I could fall for that crap. I crosscheck everything. Do you ever? Does not appear so.
“Try to avoid partisan bogus news sources….”
Like the whole MSM and the local Left Winged Parrot.
A dog gets more factual information sniffing another dogs ass (why does Biden sniff little girls?), than a human does watching ABC/MSNBC/CBS/CNN/Fox.
Crosscheck some of Biden’s gibberish Snarky.
That’s fun actually. Much of it cross checks perfectly.
Snarky don’t care “it’s” a Leftist
I’ve never seen you post a link to backup any of your claims or sources.
You just give a word salad answer like Kindergarden, that you, “don’t click on links,” “have your ear to the ground,” or “according to your sources,” or you simply never reply back at all. That’s what I’ve come to expect.
If you dispute what I wrote above, post the links and verify where you “cross-check everything,” to dispute it.
And Rachel Meadow from the Clinton News Network (CNN) crying because Trump CRUSHED Iowa last night doesn’t count as a source.
Rachel Madcow was declared entertainment only, in US courts, when she got sued.
Why is she still featured on MSM/CNN? Whoops, I forgot, entertainment only. It’s OK for Leftists.
CNN will be back with some news, as soon as we make some up, that smears POTUS Trump…….
Jake Tapper talking over Trumps speech the whole time while he’s reported on it. Joe has a f n ice cream cone and the same media is wowed by the way he licks it for an hour.
Trump = Huge win in Iowa.
Hey Markus, just because you can’t understand what I say doesn’t make it word salad.
Cross check? CNN with MSNBC. What a clown.
TSC says he or she is a member of the Club in Pittsfield that has all the power in the city. I think we all know what Club she is talking about…The Schools and The Government Club working together to politically indoctrinate your kids, indoctrinate the young into their sexuality and gender agenda, win all local elections, and keep all the money for themselves…that Club.
Dan is right about the 85-15% health insurance premium split. A slight change could save millions without cutting services or laying off employees. But it will never happen because those are the people who elected Pete Marchetti. He’ll target the non-voters by limiting how much garbage you can put out.
RIP
Yes. This is the third rail no one in “leadership” DARES questions. That is not only a failure to lead, but it’s also a guarantee to continued pain for taxpayers.
If anything it will go to 95%-5%. The people who use that health insurance are also big special interest voters and need their backs massaged regularly.
Has anyone revealed which councilors are now getting it? For their whole families? Do DIE folk get it as well?
I actually made a motion to reduce the split to 75% (or somewhere near there) in the May ’23 budget hearings. My gambit: reduce the Health Ins. line item by $1.5 million and let the Mayor use that reduction to negotiate a better compensation package (for the taxpayer).
Council, by charter, has zero influence direct on employee negotiation. But, we had some influence on the circumstances that govern mayor’s negotiation.
It actually happened years ago. Employees pay 20 or 25 percent and way more out of pocket than before.
Wrong. Employees pay 15%.
State law specifies a minimum of 50-50% split on health insurance with no ceiling on how generous it can be. The current 85-15 is a most generous split. Anything from 60-40 on up would still be generous. 60-40 saves millions for taxpayers and still gives city workers a plan that’s better than many if not most in the Dreaded Private Sector.
No, it does not. Why do you lie to your readers so brazenly?
WAMC’s journalist Josh Landes promote’s North Street’s sarcastic name of “Social Services Alley”:
https://www.wamc.org/news/2024-01-15/pittsfields-peer-led-living-in-recovery-group-is-settling-into-its-new-downtown-headquarters
Downtown Pittsfield (Mass.)’s glut of Social Services Agencies and 15 empty storefronts on North Street is surrounded by Pittsfield’s inner-city distressed neighborhoods that are sarcastically called: “The Ring of Poverty”.
Social Services Staff always talk about the generations of traumatized individuals and families that face recurring episodes of direct, structural and cultural abuses, assaults, and community conflicts in Pittsfield, which is always ranked in the FBI’s annual reports as being in the top ten cities by population in Massachusetts for violent crime.
I grew up in Pittsfield. One of my biggest fears in my life on 48.5 years was having to end up as a low- to moderate-income adult who resided in inner-city Pittsfield. It still amazes me – Jon Melle – that I own my own condo unit in a civilized community in Amherst, New Hampshire. I thank the lucky stars after leading a life of social anxiety and emotional traumas as a native of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
Why does Pittsfield always have recurring themes of suffering people and families, along with a distressed community that has an over-reliance on social services? I am Exhibit A as a person who grew up in Pittsfield who had recurring themes of anxiety and traumas. I did everything in my power to not be part of Pittsfield’s generations of traumatized individuals and families. It still saddens me to read about Pittsfield’s never-ending and always recurring downward spirals….
Jon Melle
Are you for real?Pittsfiel lost 13k jobs and 25% of its population.And inspite of this it has survived.It is not what it was but it still is a good city.You are frustrated that you were denied membership in the club that you wanted to be part of.How hard did you really work to be a club member,you wanted it to be given to you.
TSC: you absolutely understand that as one tumbles into the abyss, one shall never hit rock bottom. According to Nietzsche, that is the sole consolation for the live.
A correspondent wrote to me: “Josh Landes is to me as Nuciforo is to you. He is absolutely a malevolent shit”.
My reply is that there are many pieces of poop who exist in the form of men, including Andrea Francesco Nuciforo Junior and Josh Landes.
Please do not speak for me by saying that I wanted to be part of the club in Pittsfield politics, but I was denied membership (many years ago when my dad, Bob, was a politician in Berkshire County).
I wish to speak for myself, please. I wanted – and still wish to be – to be an American Citizen who uses my FREE SPEECH to participate in our government in our FREE COUNTRY!
You sound like a stool sample yourself. Do you know why government stinks? It is full of….!
Jon Melle
Actually, Pittsfield is, by any objective measure, a shithole of a city, and it’s the fault of city leaders. That doesn’t mean there aren’t good people here and most of the people are good people. Just yesterday I saw a house less encampment not a stones throw from the Clapp Little League field. City doesn’t care.
Jonathan never wanted to be part of Andy Nuciforo’s club. He had his own club and a great group of guys that used to hang out at the wall on pearl street. That’s were all the cool guys went.
Hey, great podcast by John and Cara Krol. They talk about what it’s like to be married and running a business among other topics. Gee doesn’t that sound sweet BARF!! Marriage and finances couple of experts.
The Planet’s robot needs to be re-booted.
Posts disappearing at random. Site post count does not match the # of posts when the page is opened.
I, for one, like the new chaos.
Leavin outta Nashville Tennessee…..
and I was born a Ramblin Man…..
…delta women think the world of me…
So do Mt. Carmel girls.
But A Stainsby Girl will break it In two…
The argument on health insurance is we don’t use the current carrier rates could go higher as far as cost. Or we won’t be able to attract employees because of the increase.Kufflinks and Marchetti always have a reaction to disputing anything. What you can count on is higher taxes and higher budget.
I’m not able to register a thumbs up/thumbs down at all!
It really is messed up and skewed. Tried to post and it never did appear.
Will use NextDoor Ap instead!
Bye ya’ll!
Pittsfield politics’ Mayor Peter Marchetti’s online radio interview:
https://www.wamc.org/news/2024-01-15/mayor-marchetti-cool-to-pittsfield-city-council-call-for-level-budget
More bullshit. Thanks for sharing, JM.
It is not like Pete is making decisions himself. He has to consult with the same people tyer did before making money decisions.
Mayor Maypo doesn’t know where he can cut Bitchfield’s budget ,because he chooses not to know… & he chooses not to know, because everything is a pantomime for public display.
OP
“Pantomime” = Excellent choice of words to describe Bitchfield politics.
Bitch belly bitchmeister.
The broken record of Pittsfield leadership.
Rumor has it a former official is getting cosmetic surgery
Do tell!
Trump is on his way to Presidency.
Which you could no doubt use.
Absolutely, All Promises no delivery.
Goes for every elected office. Crime, beggars, shuttered buildings on North Street, Drug addicts on every corner, Parks are filled with homeless, Shoplifters, on and on
All talk!
Fifteen days of Maypo so far. Status Quo.