A CHRISTMAS TAKE-UP
BY DAN VALENTI
PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY
(FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY DEC. 16, 2024) — THE PLANET has gratefully reached the point in 2024 where the winter solstice is upcoming. That’s our cue to begin a well-earned Christmas vacation.
To vacate, to withdraw into silence and solace. To ascend the stairway to matters of PERSONAL importance, the fulfillment of which need not be explained or analyzed, just enjoyed. One merely has to “let it happen,” like the flow from the bottle of Chateau St. Esteph Medoc 1960, gifted by a dear friend from “over there,” with orders to savor and enjoy during our time off.
MERRY CHRISTMAS from MR. & MRS. PLANET
We leave Official Bitchfield to rot in its self-created filth, to its corruption, to its drugs and thugs, to its prolific pedophilic propensities. With a strong push from the feds, who knows if Vesuvius will finally erupt? It’s been roiling for decades.
Meanwhile, our thoughts and prayers, good wishes and blessings, extend to Mary Jane and Joe Kapanski, the Little Guys, electoral orphans who have no honest representation and who deserve so much more than what they’re being asked to endure.
THE PLANET will keep The Comment Line open.
Merry Christmas to all.
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“What you are looking for is where you are looking from” — St. Francis of Assisi.
“OPEN THE WINDOW, AUNT MILLIE.”
LOVE TO ALL.
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Letter: “American voters chose poorly”
The Berkshire Eagle, December 21, 2024
To the editor: American voters installed a treasonous insurrectionist, racist, molester, habitual liar and convicted criminal assaulting the timeless principles of truth, morality and the common good.
Their blind choice will deny specific programs meant to help people: a woman’s freedom, voting rights, increasing Social Security, universal health care with paid family/medical leave and elderly home care, assault weapons elimination, ending the genocide in Gaza, strengthening unions, making home-buying affordable and free higher education in return for national service. Instead of an astute leader in this time of global crisis, we now have a buffoon running a sandbox of transactional bribery.
The decision removes any pretense of humane values in this floating garage sale called a country. Our hemisphere has been inhabited by first peoples since at least 23,000 BCE. Europeans came in 1492, initiating a genocide lasting to the present, occupying lands and people for free labor in the profit-driven plantations and industries developed over centuries. When natives could not serve as fodder, enslaved African peoples filled the role in a holocaust begun in 1532 in Brazil and 1619 in what is now the U.S. Succeeding waves of immigrants — Chinese, Mexicans, Vietnamese — were cast as the “other,” tortured and killed yet used as integral parts of the labor pool to benefit successive actors in the 1 percent snake-oil medicine show. That has included agricultural and factory operations, with its current offspring, the prison-industrial complex; overseers of immigrant labor; robber barons old and new; and now a new means of production/control via information and virtual reality — all serving the updated radical individual, stealing fortunes for ego and power, diametrically opposed to the idea of communal responsibility.
The American circus is retreating to further extremes in lockstep against the world’s peoples with violence, puppet leaders, oppression and media suppression — a metastasis of domestic and planetary inhumanity. Our moral vacuum is historically and currently drenched in atrocity, denial of justice justice, rejection of laws and the Constitution, all part of the global scene’s last refuge for extractive monopoly capitalism.
Headline news states Kamala Harris lost the election. Yet the people of the U.S. Inc. and the world have lost things that cannot be regained on our path to extinction: democracy, truth, honesty, responsibility and community as one human family. As George Orwell stated at the end of his novel “Animal Farm”: “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
Royal Hartigan, Pittsfield
A stinking rant.
Melle suffers from verbal incontinence
Royal Lunatic
December 21, 2024
Re: The horrible legacy of Mayor Peter Marchetti’s first-year in City Hall
Hello blogger Dan Valenti,
The letter, below, describes the city’s sidewalk fines that will punish elderly and disabled tax-paying citizens during and after winter storms.
Here is a list of the horrible legacy of Mayor Peter Marchetti’s first-year in City Hall.
1. Asked for a 90-day grace period free from “FREE SPEECH” criticisms.
2. Said he is not a fan of social media and blogs “FREE SPEECH” commentary of government.
3. He is named in a federal civil lawsuit as one of three Pittsfield Co-operative Bank male managers who allegedly sexually harassed and sex-discriminated against the terminated bank employee named Victoria May, who then bank manager Peter Marchetti allegedly called “a BITCH”.
4. Gave the disgraced politician and millionaire Andrea Francesco Nuciforo Junior $341,000.00 from the city’s FREE CASH account(s) to settle “Luciforo: Pittsfield’s Pot King (of lawsuits)” pot permit case that he filed against the City of Pittsfield in Berkshire Superior Court.
5. Passed a record-setting all-time-high municipal budget that increased property taxes by an average of 7.17-percent, and city fees by 8-percent each.
6. Is collecting his mayoral 6-figure city public pay plus perks, which he will someday turn into a 6-figure city public pension plus perks for himself, while the fictional Mary Jane and Joe Kapanski hard-working-class family pounds sand.
7. Said he was unaware of the controversial events and legal actions in the troubled Pittsfield Public School system, which is rated “Level 5” – the worst rating – by the state government in Boston.
8. Hitting good people with controversial new city fees with his new toter garbage collection scheme, as well as the aforementioned sidewalk fines that will cause pain and suffering to the elderly and disabled citizens of Pittsfield.
9. Wants to demolish two city school buildings to build a new one in their place, while Allendale Elementary School abuts Hill 78, which is full of GE’s brain-damaging and cancer-causing industrial chemicals called PCBs.
10. Wants to renovate Wahconah Park, which had no baseball in 2024, and which will have no baseball in 2025, but it is said to be a flawed project that would turn into a “Big Dig”-like boondoggle.
I cannot believe that Governor Maura Healey, State Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier, Former Pittsfield Mayor Sara Hathaway, and others in state and local politics support my family relative Peter Marchetti, who is yet another failed leader of Pittsfield politics.
What else would one expect, of course?
Best wishes,
Jonathan A. Melle
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Letter: “My perspective on Pittsfield’s sidewalk-clearing paradigm”
The Berkshire Eagle, December 20, 2024
To the editor: I would like to put a personal observation into the sidewalk dilemma story covered in Mitchell Chapman’s Dec. 16 column.
Upfront, I have maintained my sidewalk for more than 35 years. This year, my circumstances have temporarily changed dramatically. I am a 77-year-old who has had recent eye and heart surgeries. I have a section of sidewalk along a high traffic section of West Street. This street is a major thoroughfare for schools, a nursing home and a hospital. My section of sidewalk is situated no more than two feet away from the road, and the walk starts at an intersection. On a snowy day, West Street is plowed multiple times day and night. A shoveled sidewalk is very often buried under repeated street plowing. The safety of drivers requires no less attention.
Simultaneously, city plows pile snow against the intersection curb as the pass down the adjoining street. A few inches of road snow becomes a few feet of hard-packed snow at the corner. Clearing and maintaining this stretch of sidewalk is difficult for an able-bodied person.
I have contacted my councilor, the mayor’s office and the Public Works Department about this dilemma for several years. I believe the promising “snow angel” initiative by the city has been sparked by stories like mine. I have requested a paid volunteer who can provide the shoveling service. To date, none have been available in my area.
Issuing fines for citizens in my situation is a most unproductive exercise. I would clear the way if I were physically able. The city will collect a little money, but the funds don’t go to sidewalk services and the sidewalks remain snow bound. I am willing to pay for assistance, and such funds would both employ someone and get the sidewalk cleared.
I appreciate how large a problem the city faces when you consider the miles of major roadways to be cleared. I want to be a citizen working on a solution and not a scofflaw with fines that fail to clear the sidewalks.
William Travis, Pittsfield
Having your mom answer your phone to tell me you are washing your hair five different times today when I called is really harsh Jon. Answer your phone you’re not pregnant quit playing with me.
Like you and TSC, you are all a bunch of DEMTARDS!
30 Million for a swamp college field is so nuts at this point in time it is irresponsible…..Where are we getting all this cash from?…Allendale school in a poison swamp,cell phone tower making people sick should be job 1 after the house cleaning at adminisration….They know why people resign…The public demands who knew at the top and on the school committee…we know a Curtis coverup now….just resign….get inside the decisions to tell the schools who resigned and the payoffs….settlements will tell the story.Principle knows what Curtis told them.
Call Curtis and tell him you want every hire and departed by resignation for the last 15 years.Allowing them to walk away might be about sex accusations.They could also be legitimate resignations….Now find out how many settlements were settled out of court to walk away.The business person has been there for many years and will know those settled lawsuits.The public needs to know how many and why they were settled.Behnke has handled the cash for many years.As long as we are digging we should dig deep on the finances.Get to the bottom of everything.
This is what happens when you leave democrats unsupervised
Republicans1989 1998 2008 and 2020
WHAT?
This is what happens when teachers and all other school personnel feel they can cross the line of personal involvement with students. Getting involved with gender and sexuality as in Great Barrington where the teacher was leaving sexual books around the classrooms for very young children to see and so many thought there was nothing wrong with it. School personnel should have a strictly professional relationship with students otherwise sex and drugs overtakes these schools and here in Pittsfield, everything is covered up. Get woke, DEI, drugs, gender and sex grooming out of the school systems across the country. Pittsfield is so far left that it really got out of hand here. The Berkshire Eagle is supposedly trying to investigate this issue, but their comments section has been shut down for years to prevent people from talking about local issues.
I’m saying Dave Guidi is no pedophile. That’s a fucking lie.
Hoping it’s merely obstruction of justice and not an actual crime
https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/profile/in/michael-k-balcom-6a47516b
In 1991 the chief of egremont police was this person.
Now employed at CPCS – think about it.
Egremont Police Chief [next] Reena Bucknell.
SBRSD
On Monday for the filing; Prosecutor Shugrue dismissed the May 1st charges against a disabled woman of disorderly, a&b, resisting arrest.
Excessive Force was used.
All the evidence was destroyed. The cops can’t prove a criminal act occurred
The two police officers couldn’t pass the Brady test.
Two broken hands and they kidnapped my beloved son.
I have a house for sale in Egremont I’ll give you a good deal cops busted the doors off
I have to continue to flee from my home because the police violate my rights consistently since 2003.
What’s different about me?
I reported childhood rape. I provided solid facts timelines and evidence.
The officials like the rapist so much that they have welcomed him onto school boards, parks and recreation, electricians board.
Commonwealth employs him Smitty loves the dude, they’re friends on FACEBOOK
Meanwhile I’ve been in court 86 times this year reporting to crimes that have 0 paperwork 0 Merit.
The discovery request for INTERNAL AFFAIRS was objected to & over ruled by Judge.
The officer was supposedly previously removed from active duty but he was there beating the fuck outta me because they can
You broke my hands nagger and you kidnapped my child.
They said bipolar disorder substance abuse.
I have a SCRAM on my ankle 0 alcohol is present
I have a TBI from when Reena Bucksnort took me to the wrong hospital with head trauma
We will see what happens next I already lost everything I love.
Good Luck making me and my family disappear youre thE scum of the earth I hope you die in the line of duty.
Merry fucking Christmas everybody
The VAPIST OVER THE LAST 8 YEARS WAS
NICK FREDSALL Parks and recreation
His ex wife is dead, his dad is dead.. on his 4th wife now.
Keep yourself and your agents far away from me.
The builder at Prospect Lake Illegal Landscape Hotel is Karl Fredsall. Employed by Alander, & what’s the connection to 18 degrees and Hannon Lerner
THE GUYS BUILDING ALL 3 ENCROACHMENTS SURROUNDING MY HOME IS THESES FUCKING PEOPLE
THEY KICKED US OUT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE SRO ZUCCO NO TRESPASSED THE MOTHER OF THE CHILD FTOM SCHOOL BECAUSE SHE IS BLOWING BUBBLES
GET THE FUCK AWAY
DO NOT APPROACH ME
Liberty or Death – no shit
https://giglio-bradylist.com/individual/matthew-%20osullivan
Illegal removal of Children by DCF from their home.
Mandated reporter called DCF filed 51a Report(s).
Mandated reporter is NOT A CREDIBLE WITNESS
Tim Shugrue if your reading this
https://giglio-bradylist.com/individual/hans-c-%20carlson
RETURN my CHILD IMMEDIATELY
Jessica Byrne-York- DCF Attorney resigned or not ?
The 51a reports are invalid
Thy Will be done.
Call for Action
I am seeking justice, transparency, and accountability.
My goal is to:
– **Expose Systemic Issues:** Through your platform, I want to highlight these patterns of abuse and call for meaningful reform in law enforcement and child welfare systems.
– **Advocate for Victims:** I hope my story can help others who have been similarly mistreated find the courage to speak out and demand justice.
– **Hold Authorities Accountable:** The misconduct I have faced must not be allowed to continue unchecked.
Happy Holidays Dan..Everyone.The Superintendent don’t seem to no much until the disaster is over. Remember the gymnasium stench years ago. Had no clue there either.
The Super knows Everything.
I want a safe place to live free from illegal police invasion.
December 22, 2024
Hello blogger Dan Valenti,
I went on the Dirty Bird (Berkshire Eagle)’s web-site on this chilly 1st-full-day of Winter, Sunday afternoon, and I saw a big advertisement on my laptop computer screen by Pittsfield’s Gated Community resident and greedy millionaire Andrea Francesco Nuciforo Junior’s marijuana company named “Berkshire Roots”. Then I thought to myself, hmm, earlier this year 2024, “Luciforo: Pittsfield’s Pot King (of lawsuits)” received his pot permit civil settlement of $341,000.00 from the City of Pittsfield’s FREE CASH account(s) with the approval of Mayor Peter Marchetti and 10-out-of-the-11 City Councilors; now I know where the money went to: into The Dirty Bird (Berkshire Eagle)’s account(s).
I always wondered why the Dirty Bird (Berkshire Eagle) has NOT published all but a limited number of unfavorable news articles and editorials about the disgraced politician, corrupt Attorney, and millionaire marijuana mogul Andrea F. Nuciforo, Jr. Moreover, it has been a little less than 20 years since the Dirty Bird (Berkshire Eagle) published my many letters I have written and sent to them, including about Nuciforo’s mean-spirited and abusive actions against me (and others) from Pittsfield to Boston. I now see what is going on here. The City of Pittsfield and Nuciforo alike enrich the Dirty Bird (Berkshire Eagle) with city taxpayer dollars, while “Jon Melle the Have NOT” writes about the financial struggles of Pittsfield’s taxpayers that the Dirty Bird (Berkshire Eagle) is part of for their own financial benefit.
What is WRONG with Pay to Play Pittsfield politics (and beyond)? Answer: Please re-read the above two paragraphs. PAC Man Richie Neal, Luciforo, and so on, Pay to Play politics, while the taxpayers and “Jon Melle’s the Have NOT’s” are struggling to get by and SILENCED by the likes of the Dirty Bird (Berkshire Eagle) editors, who recently and predictably endorsed Congressman RIchie Neal’s 19th 2-year term in the Swamp (the K Street corporate lobbyist firms, especially big insurance companies), and runs Pittsfield’s Pot King’s large marijuana advertisements on their news media publications.
It is always in distressed places like Pittsfield or Springfield where the likes of Luciforo and PAC Man Neal get to Pay to Play politics, and the likes of “Jon Melle the Have NOT” struggles financially and is silenced by the media in Western Massachusetts (and beyond), except for the blog named Planet Valenti, sometimes The Boston Herald, and sometimes The New Hampshire Union Leader, which are all conservative media outlets (while I – Jonathan A. Melle – supported Joyce Craig for NH Governor, who lost to Kelly Ayotte in 2024; and Kamala Harris for U.S. President, who lost to Donald Trump in 2024; it means that no one is representing me in Concord, NH, nor in the Swamp, in 2025; What else is new?).
Best wishes,
Jon Melle the Have NOT