MAYOR MAYPO’s “OPENLY GAY” FY25 BUDGET WILL STEAL THE KAPANSKIS BLIND … or … “DON’T DO THAT; YOU’LL GO BLIND”
BY DAN VALENTI
PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY
(FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY APRIL 8, 2024) — It used to be that citizens “enjoyed” (if that is the proper term) a reasonable separation of tripartite government levels. The Feds did their thing, the states did theirs, and the locals were more or less left alone. No more, of course. With states dependent on Fed assistance and locals junkies to state aid, when Top gets a sneeze, the states catch cold, and the locals contract the flu.
Spending provides the most obvious example.
Government “budgets” the opposite of the Kapanskis. Mary Jane and Joe sit down and produce a realistic guess at their yearly income and produce a spending plan accordingly. Lately, that means more belt tightening. Government, however, decides first on how much it wants to spend, then taxes the crap out of the Kapanskis to pay for it. Whatever Mary Jane and Joe can’t cover, government borrows. Government L-O-V-E-S debt.
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Three weeks ago, the Biden Administration unveiled its FY25 budget. Joe’s disastrous spending plan:
- Raises taxes.
- Increases spending past pre-pandemic levels.
- Funds a federal public sector that consumes more than a quarter of the budget.
- Costs $7.3 trillion.
- Adds $16.3 trillion in red ink over the next decade.
Joe calls this a “prudent” budget.
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Like Joe, so goes Markey Maypo. For those not into local government (and who can blame them), THE PLANET refers to beer-belly mayor Peter Marchetti, part of the lame-dick Two-Pete Form of Government (T-P FOG) driving Bitchfield into the toxic wastes.
Ladies and Gentlemen, your esteemed City Council Vice President.
Maypo thinks Bitchfield’s taxes are too low, not hesitating to lie about it to the recent joint meeting between the council and sochol committee. Of course, Maypo’s trying to prepare the Kapanskis for sticker shock when he reveals his “openly gay” FY25 budget. It will be more bloated than Porkchop Pete, Maypo, and Costa-Plenty combined.
Here’s what the mayor said, as reported by Britt Polito of iBerkshires: “When we continue to hear about how we’re comparing to other communities, and we’ve heard it several times that jeez, we’re the highest tax bills in Berkshire County, I think using the data from [the state Department of Revenue] and [Division of Local Services] we can prove that is not necessarily the case.”
Jeez.
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Join THE PLANET in looking at this gem of insight:
- Point 1, The LIE: When the mayor compares Bitchfield’s taxes with other communities, he never factors in average household income, expenses, and most important, discretionary cash. When you do this, Bitchfield is the MOST EXPENSIVE of the 351 Bay State cities and towns. Dead last. Stop lying your arse off, Mr. Mayor.
- Point 2, “Data”: As Nelson Rockefeller said, “Give me the right data and the right analyst, and I can prove anything.”
- Point 3, The Hedge: Notice how Maypo says that Bitchfield’s exorbitance when it comes to taxes “is not necessarily the case.” Not necessarily.
The mayor then went through the dire scenarios if, Bog forbid, Bitchfield keeps the BLOATED budget level at $182,000,000. Every department would collapse, hordes of Mongols would invade from the East, and Porkchop Pete would have to pay for his dining out.
Don’t be fooled, ladies and gentlemen.
The T-P FOG is out to steal you blind.
For the record, THE PLANET shall gladly publish any rebuttal T-P FOG wishes to send. We shall also agree to ANY public debate on this budget with ANY city official, no notes, no conditions. C’mon, office holders. Take us on. Show us where we’re wrong! We can charge admission and split the $$ for charity.
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We can’t afford lumpy or crooked Joe.
What does the data say about how much taxpayer money is lost due to the enormous tax breaks given to so many well to do business owners? And if Pete White thinks all those tax breaks to the more wealthy crowd are deserved, why does he not address the public from his exalted position as city Council Vice President, and explain it to them so they do not feel so shit upon?
MR White are you out there? Are you even allowed to speak on your own? Did you take the position of city council president to represent the people or are you one more in a long line of sycophants feathering his own nest at the expense of the hard working public?
Marchetti, the mayor, is a reflection of what he was as council president. a bump on a log. White looks like a reflection of Marchetti in the mirror so get out the doggie bags cuz this guy is going to make real big mess on your lawn by the looks of things.
Great idea. The city should list all places that are receiving tax breaks as well as all the properties that are tax free. I believe the taxpayers would be shocked at who owns these favored properties or are connected to them.
You really might be shocked. By the way, can a golf course get a tax break if it reseeds it ‘s greens? And just what are the rules these days and have they EVER been abided by? I mean, even once? And if so can we see a detailed print out of every business and what it’s expectations were and how they met them? Pete? Peters? Got ya some lockjaw right there huh?
Just handing them out if you gots the proper lineage.
I just wish any form of our government would be transparent! How can anyone make an informed decision without correct information. Will the “Petes” publish the notes and decisions of the ARPA charade? How much time did the “coordinators” work to get their $50,000? How about the $50,000 missing pay off that just happened? Where are those greenhouses and has anyother city employee received free construction work from the kids at Taconic? Why won’t the city close schools? Why won’t they eliminate committees and why don’t they ask people to apply to be on committees instead of appointed out of the blue???? Juast a few questions for the cities “leaders”. if they haven’t blasted off already
Great questions, SHIRL, but your fearless “leaders” blasted off long ago.
Pittsfield’s budget plan: Tax fixed income Senior Citizens around $5,000 per fiscal year. Rely on state & federal funding. Spend 5 to 10 percent more each fiscal year. Borrow hundreds of millions of dollars, including the OPEB unfunded liabilities. Lastly, Pittsfield’s only economic growth: the large underclass population.
It will all get worse as the rapist Trump announced a new old plan to help the 1% with more of lower class sending money to billionaires after they just baied the fraud candidate out of his money woes for now.Most of the fat retired felons money is going directly to all his unpaid lawyers.For that favor Trump will send the Oligarchs 2 trillion of your money to keep America divided between the wealthy and the regular folks.Biden will tax the rich and Trump will give them everything they want…..Trump is selling his supporters a fantasy bible for 59 bucks so you can help him help the elite.
Biden et al have been laundering BILLIONS of US tax dollars in the Ukraine with no accountability via his crook in arms Zelensky. It seems the newest version of House Speaker may be a RINO and approve Quid Pro Joe’s request for more dollars funneled into that black cesspool of corruption.
He has also imported ~20 MILLION CRIMINAL ALIENS in just 3 years, who get better treatment and FREE services than US Citizens and Veterans. Along with the unscreened/unvetted/unvacinated illegals came diseases; there is a current TB outbreak in Chicago “migrant” shelters and measles is making a comeback too.
Bible? Biden replaced Easter with Tranny Awareness day. Christians be scorned and dammed, Joe wants them all to go to Hell to keep him company.
Trump don’t need to sell bibles, he just shattered campaign donation records and more than doubled what the DNC took in.
This was the week when he attended the murdered NYC police officer’s services and paid off his widow’s mortgage. Joe instead, had a NYC fund raiser with Slick Willie and Barry Sotero, no mention of the slain officer.
This would fit rather nicely with the current war with Russia. War is enormously profitable for Insiders, and because of the money involved, $$$ deals are nearly impossible to trace. It’s easy to lose track of billions. Almost as easy as it is to lose track of millions in public money (including ARPA bux) in Bitchfield.
The weapons GIVEN to Ukraine, are already showing up all over the world.
Some of the $$$ most likely is directly shipped back to the swamp creatures infesting Wash DC. Indirectly for sure as the traitors have stock in the weapons manufacturers.
Weapons Joe GAVE to the Taliban, while getting servicemen killed in the process, showed up in Gaza and are being used against Israel. This was broadcast on MSM BEFORE the Oct 7th attack (May 2004)
The weapons Joe is giving Israel are being used to maim and kill children, leaving many to die a long suffering gasping for breath death under the rubble of buildings blown to pieces. He is on a list of people to be charged with war crimes.
Other than that, I like the guy.
If you lie down with dogs (Hamas) you get fleas.
If the barbarians are hiding in hospitals and schools what do you expect?
The ‘reports’ of mass civilian casualties is known to be fabricated. Hamas is a criminal gang, they seize the human aid for their own use. Many of the casualties are Hamas. Islamic Jihad missiles falling on their own peoples’ heads. Best to ignore Snark’s rubbish. He is on his personal anti-Jewish rant as directly stated earlier with his remark that US Israel policy is result of ‘Jewish Interest Group’ controlling the federal gov.,
May 2024
Can’t argue with an idiot,,,it only makes you look like one even if your points are accurate unlike the lying TSC and the rest of the looney limousine liberals
HEADS UP
The eclipse has been postponed until April 22 due to shifting solar winds blowing space debris into the lunar orbit.
Please accept our apology’s as to the late notice but we are training new people.
Give TSC a call he’d like to look at Uranus.
We found $240,000 for a social services “advisory committee” and the school district still has their $100k a year “cultural competency coach”
What a sham
I ask again, how many on that committee are just political donors getting their favors returned? At least a few on there look grossly under qualified for any kind of advisory capacity
Pay to play at work.
Speaking of Social Services. Read in a recent (Apr 3rd) local newspaper that the number of special education referrals doubled from about 50 in 2022-23 to more than 100 for the current school year. And that is just preschool? If it was explained why I did not get it. But it does coincided with an influx of immigrants so maybe that is it. And special needs means more taxpayer money needed right? And is there any reason this number won’t increases exponentially like our taxes? What is happening in Pittsfield to bring this scenario on us all of a sudden? Hopefully someone is just jacking the numbers up to grab more money.
If you count up all the people in Pittsfield living in poverty, add in the homeless and then the drug addled and those suffering from mental breakdowns and those with special needs, what is left? Kinda looks like a rather dysfunctional population and not one I would rush to open a business in. Or go to to see the sights. The canary in this coal mine is warning you of your future. Pay attention to it.
Been around the world and found that only stupid people are breeding, the cretins cloning and feeding
-Harvey Danger
Bell curve.
It is amazing that the scohol department refuses to close schools, lay off some asst supes and get back to the basics of teaching. Get rid of all the added accessories that were added years ago that are not needed. Especially with the student population half of what it was at one time. Would love to know the actual count for students in each school and class daily. They should post it on their website after attendance is taken
Half the students, 2.5 times the administrators and staff. Absenteeism is rampant. THE PLANET is working with a source at Mercer on how bad it is. Need to tread carefully, of course, to prevent a brave soul or two from getting fired. If we get the info, we shall not hesitate to publish.
This morning, I was reading the first of many “think of the students,” propaganda stories in the Eagle, talking about all the staff positions that will be lost in Mayor Maypole has to cut the budget.
I did some quick math and took a look at the number of teachers, bus drivers, and superintendents, who’s positions will be cut. I only did “local cuts,” not ESSER (federal money) cuts.
Here are the cuts: 34 Teachers, 2 bus drivers, 1 deputy superintendent.
Remember this when Mayor Maypole talks about not knowing where to cut from in the budget.
Here’s a look at the staff positions each Pittsfield Public school will have to cut for next school year’s budget proposal | Central Berkshires | berkshireeagle.com
How about Herberg requiring TWO dean of students? Most schools manage with a principal/asst principal
How many of these teachers were “co-teachers” ? How many principals of “teaching and learning” do we need.
The ones whining on The Eagle’s social media are clueless. Most districts get by with WAY less and are in better shape. The Eagle put that article out to cause chaos because as soon as people hear “cut” they scream “Think of the children!!”
IF these staff/teachers were smart they’d go to outside districts and be paid/treated better
I challenge you to teach a class of 7-8 graders for a few weeks before you criticize the student dean’s at Herberg.
THE PLANET would do it in a heartbeat, BEEN!
And so, would you remove a student dean at Herberg, THE PLANET?
Been there, done that and with only a Principal and Assistant Principal to boot.
Your move
So I guess you’d advocate zero or at most one dean, yes? When my kid went to middle school the 2 deans seemed plenty busy.
Not an argument. Too many admins may be the source of chaos by fomenting confusion and competition for territory
So essentially you are a parent who’s never actually had to teach a middle school classroom… as I have. I’ll show you the door.
I’ll never forget the county wide PD’s where the Pittsfield teachers openly whined about needing Xanax during COVID and how their first two weeks at Herberg gave them such anxiety they needed a therapist.
My colleagues and I were disgusted. That’s the caliber you want, that’s the caliber you get.
The AdminisTRAITORS allow the students to behave as little feral beasts who can tell the teachers FU and to FO.
Does the schools even have after-school detention for the miscreants? and/or suspend the worst ones?
The DIE people in the system accept this as “normal behavior” and those who don’t,are labeled racist bigots, in the name of Diversity Inclusion and Equity.
Having once been one of those horrid eighth graders, I attest it takes but one teacher and a visit by one fed up dean to train them.
Lean and mean is the way to go.
https://youtu.be/mkoPq5AOCOA?si=Nb4ikoVmnBmbTIjh
No assistants to the assistants to the assistants at Mercer? How many deputy superintendents are there?
Every other school district is consolidating – why can’t Pittsfield? Under Tyer the school empire has grown while enrollment continues to decrease. Close some schools and eliminate some positions. Barbara Malkas should be our Supt.!
The city needs a mayor and council capable of making the tough decisions. And that ain’t Pittsfield or the puppets who live in fear of crossing the shadow folk..
They have neutrons morons and peons.
When the morons reach a critical mASS, new isotopes are formed, and the morons get promoted to become Administraitors.
Making free radicals as the charges are erratic.
Sticking with the Picklefield Public Scohol (PPS) system today, another part of this story stuck out to me also.
For those who can’t read the article, I cut and pasted the sentence for you.
It talks about the absenteeism in Conte Community School hovering around 50%. This is an elementary school we are talking about. 50% of elementary aged students at Conte are repeatedly absent every day.
This is just mind blowing to me. The kids who skip or are allowed to skip elementary school, have ZERO chance of success in life.
“Conte’s chronic absenteeism rate dropped by 4 percentage points, from 52 percent in the 2021-22 school year to 48 percent last year…”
Here’s a look at the staff positions each Pittsfield Public school will have to cut for next school year’s budget proposal | Central Berkshires | berkshireeagle.com
It brings me to my next point. Why hasn’t OB and the DEI (Didn’t Earn It) office begun to address this problem?
According to Mass Public Schools website, the demographic of Conte is a majority of people of color:
Black 22.7
Hispanic 28.7
Multi-Race 12.9
Total (63.3% minority)
White 34.7
Not to mention, 88.5% of the school is low-income.
Wouldn’t the DEI office serve a better mission trying to get minority students into schools, so they can better educate themselves and prepare for their successes in the future?
Then again, that would be holding low-income, people of color, accountable. I don’t believe that’s allowed anymore.
Probably much easier pushing out the “white privilege” narrative, huh OB?
Contact Information – Silvio O Conte Community (02360105) (mass.edu)
These are the numbers that spell disaster. People of Color lag behind whites for reasons entirely other than money or income.
How can you assume the ‘white’ group is excelling? I wouldn’t. I’d assume there is a range in each category, arbitrary as the categories are.
There is no information in the post that addresses performance.
Indeed, as the saying goes, the within-groups variability exceeds the between-groups variability.
PLANET: You need to put those beliefs about POC into your next book, and expand upon them, with details and data, to make your case.
If you were to gather up all the parents of these kids and view them a group, and then talk to them, the absentee problem might become quite obvious. Not everyone should have children.
Maybe the absenteeism is a defense against the anti-parental programming at these schools. Send your children to a school at your own risk. In a year you will be battling cell phones, social media first. then gender ideology follows fast. Calculus, literature are not on the menu.
Most of the parents who cared about their children but lived in the Conte district opted them out a long time ago because they wanted to give their child hope.. Some of the others probably do not care one way or the other. but there used to be some parental accountability for your kid being in school. Is that a thing gone by? I mean in Pittsfield.
Two observations as a parent run down. 1) all schools are in it together. You cannot “opt out”. The Marxist ideology is the Law.
Leads me to 2. Parents are persona non grata at schools. You play defense. That’s it. The teach the child to disrespect and hate the parent. Hence, you as a parent play defense.
The School Admin plays one game and its it’s hardball and brass knuckles.
Those numbers don’t in themselves provide much for conclusions though. I am not clear why POC is a demographic fact or at least how one could derive conclusions from it. Euro ancestry Americans are not a supermajority? Neither is anyone else. Black, hisp, Euro roughly the same with Black being the smallest group.
The ‘multi-race’ group is completely undefined and it reminds of the 19th century racist origins of these demographic groups.
I would say that the 88.5% low income is the number to focus on. Poverty & income is ‘race’ (whatever that is) neutral.
Yes, low income is the key.
To what?
Hello…the white subgroup is the largest – the 50% truant rate could be 50% whites…just sayin’…
True maybe they aren’t trying at that.
I wonder what the IRS would have to say if the taxpayers were equally sloppy in accounting for their incomes and expenses as the city of Bitchfield?
Just kidding, I know they would be at your door and armed.
April 8, 2024
Why are the career politicians a lot better off than the fictional Mary Jane and Joe Kapanski working-class family who lives and pays taxes and fees in Pittsfield, Massachusetts?
Why do some lobbyists in Boston, the Swamp and beyond make 7-figure per fiscal year salaries legally bribing the fictional Massachusetts State Representative Sellout Shakedown and/or PAC Man Richie Neal?
How come so many Pot Kings in Massachusetts – including Pittsfield’s Pot King Luciforo – are suing municipalities over the HCAs fees they paid their host communities for their marijuana permits many years ago now?
Why is Governor Maura Healey cutting state funding for Social Services, while adding state funding for gambling, which is really regressive taxation?
Why is both Pittsfield’s municipal government and the Massachusetts state government alike so much more expensive than similar municipalities and state governments?
I recently read a news article that way back in 1997, Beacon Hill lawmakers were working on passing an $18 billion state budget. 27 years later in present day 2024, they are working on passing a $58 billion state budget. I did the math, and $18 billion adjusted for inflation is $35 billion rounded up in 2024. That means that the Massachusetts state budget’s net increase adjusted for inflation is $23 billion.
The government is growing larger, the career politicians are getting richer, the greedy lobbyists are making up to 7-figure per year salaries, while the rest of us are pounding sand.
Jon Melle
Read Book of Samuel 1. If it’s a king you want, it’s a king that you shall have. Be prepared to work hard and give up your finest to keep him happy.
SAmuel 1:8
There is a reason statists despise the religious.
“But when they said, “Give us a king to lead us,” this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the Lord. 7And the Lord told him: “Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king. 8As they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you. 9Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will claim as his rights.”
10Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking him for a king. 11He said, “This is what the king who will reign over you will claim as his rights: He will take your sons and make them serve with his chariots and horses, and they will run in front of his chariots. 12Some he will assign to be commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and others to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and still others to make weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. 13He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers. 14He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his attendants. 15He will take a tenth of your grain and of your vintage and give it to his officials and attendants. 16Your male and female servants and the best of your cattle c and donkeys he will take for his own use. 17He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves. 18When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, but the Lord will not answer you in that day.”
19But the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We want a king over us. 20Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles.”
21When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated it before the Lord. 22The Lord answered, “Listen to them and give them a king.”
Well said.
You are a difficult man.
Have you heard any statements about Trumps love of Putin and wanting to be a dictator
Utter rubbish. They said the same of President George Washington.
Keep supporting those Dems there JM. That is the one constant in the bloat and corruption
Because people like You Jonathan, vote for D-them.
Dan,
Let’s see some data to prove your claims about Pittsfield being dead last when you factor in average household incomes. And please cite your data
FUN
The numbers and the formulae are there. I have presented the results. They speak for themselves. Thanks for the push back.
April 9, 2024
Hello Gov. Maura Healey,
I saw the headline, but I am unable to read the news article:
SUBSCRIBER ONLY: “Republicans slam Maura Healey, saying she’s ‘determined to infiltrate New Hampshire with her failed policy ideas’” – “Former Republican Senator Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire isn’t running against Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, but you might think she is, considering party messaging.”, By Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, April 8, 2024: Gov. Maura Healey’s name has frequently been on the lips of former U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte as she runs to replace outgoing Gov. Chris Sununu.
Please keep in mind that while Kelly Ayotte is using you as her scapegoat in her 2024 campaign for Governor of New Hampshire:
* Kelly Ayotte is endorsing Donald Trump for U.S. President in 2024, but she refused to endorse Trump 8 years prior after Trump’s hot mic: “Grab women by their [genitals]”.
* In 2013, after the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in New Town, Connecticut, Kelly Ayotte was the ONLY U.S. Senator in the entire Northeastern Region of our country to vote against keeping school children safe from school shootings, which through present day in 2024 still leaves children vulnerable to school shootings.
* Kelly Ayotte went along with the Republican U.S. Senators in not allowing Merrick Garland to receive a confirmation vote as a nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court.
* As I live near Nashua, NH, people told me that Kelly Ayotte works for a defense contractor named BAE Systems in Nashua, NH, whereby she makes over $500,000 per year and she uses her political connections in the Swamp to get defense contracts for BAE Systems.
* Kelly Ayotte is pro-life. Kelly Ayotte supports the Republican Party’s anti-reproductive rights agenda.
When Kelly Ayotte attacks you, Maura Healey, please know that I am on your side. I believe that you are a great Governor of Massachusetts.
Best wishes,
Jon Melle
That’s called splitting. Demonizing one (falsely) and idolizing its contrast.
Did the Petes explain how they can find millions for a ballpark only a few people would benefit from but need to cut the children’s education budget? Maybe there will be an article in the paper tomorrow explaining, to idiots like me, how this all makes sense.
Well there you go again being negative.
Kerwood has hired Doug Henning as an assistant.
MARCHETTI needs to consolidate schools and abolish all new positions for the last 8 years.No new projects for 5 years and no subsidizing developers for 5 years.Tell the public what we would save by getting rid of just the new positions.Stop digging PETE
Pete’s on the Biden plan
On the Federal Budget a more startling analysis (but less colorful) can be found at https://www.concordcoalition.org/ The Concord Coalition uses data from the Congressional Budget Office (www.cbo.gov) which is almost as stunning. In short, we are borrowing so much that we could not enter the European Union with our finances. Both Biden and Trump are using the budget to buy votes, Biden probably more than Trump.
Why does anyone think this will be different at the local level? In Indiana we have a budget surplus but balanced budgets are required by law and the R’s control the state. In Massachusetts, the D’s control the state and spending is as the Planet describes– like a drunken sailor.