BITCHFIELD DEBT APPROACHES $1 BILLION (WITH A ‘B’) BUCKS … A LUMPY-VOLTRON-KUFFLINKS PRODUCTION
BY DAN VALENTI
PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY
(FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION JAN. 31-February. 2, 2025) — On the subject of debt, the city of Bitchfield is an expert. THE PLANET has the figures to prove it.
Mayor Lumpy and the Profiles in Courage on the city council have quite a pickle on their hands–not that it will bother them, of course. They will merely kick that can down Allen Street and keep borrowing like maniacs for useless capital projects (another airport runway re-do, perhaps?).
An examination of city and state documents show a massive hole:
Total Debt Service in Pittsfield shows a due bill of 233,315,609.92 in principle and $57,081,523.89 in interest. That adds up to a total liability of $290,397,133.51.
And that’s not all, folks. There’s that little matter of Other Post Employment Benefits (OPEB), the cost of benefits owed to retired city workers. The latest state figures–not that “latest,” actually, since it’s from December 2021– shows a Bitchfield OPEB liability $419,340,000.
After combining debt service + OPEB, the adding machine shows a city liability of
$709,737,133.51
Yes, 7/10s of a billion dollars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But hold on thar, as Quick Draw McGraw would say. THE PLANET needs to add:
- General Fund Debt Service School + Airport (principle plus interest) of $149,361,785.03
- Water Enterprise Debt (P+I) of $25,424,058.43
- Sewer Enterprise Debt (P=+I) of $106,975,604
Adding all this muck together, we arrive at a GRAND TOTAL OF (drum roll, please):
$991,498,582.30
That’s the tab Mary Jane and Joe Kapanski, the children, their children’s children, and their children’s children’s children will have to pay.
Mayor Lumpy and Kufflinks Kerwood then have the rinds to publish the following statement in one of the city’s financial filings (stop THE PLANET if you’ve heard this one before):
The City of Pittseld is committed to safeguarding public funds, protecting local assets, and complying with financial standards and regulations. To that end, this manual of nancial policies provides guidance for local planning and decision making. The policies as a whole are intended to outline objectives, provide formal direction, and dene authority to help ensure sound scal stewardship and management practices. Each policy is a living document that should be reviewed and updated as necessary.Through these policies, the City commits to the following objectives:
— Sustaining a consistent level of service and value for residents.
— Safeguarding financial integrity and minimizing risk through a system of internal controls.
— Ensuring the quality and maintenance of capital assets.
— Conforming to general law, uniform professional standards, and municipal best practices.
–Protecting and enhancing the city’s credit rating.
–Promoting transparency and public disclosure.
Now just that, but to help address the city’s dire debt position, Lumpy, Voltron, and Kufflinks have approved borrowing another $43,430,800 in so-called “Capital Improvement Projects.” Some are needed, granted, but in Bitchfield, wheat and chaff have long begun to look alike.
Yes. They think you are THAT stupid.
Have a great weekend, everybody!
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“Suck the bastards dry” — Mayor Lumpy, in his cups.
“OPEN THE WINDOW, AUNT MILLIE.”
LOVE TO ALL.
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January 29, 2025
Pittsfield politics is always predictable in its so-called financial management:
1. Always increase municipal/school spending by the magical 5 percent number per fiscal year.
2. Always play financial shell games with the state government bureaucrats in Boston, but most people do NOT comprehend any of it, as it has nothing rational to do with the local taxpayers, which are taken advantage of by the government’s DISSERVICES.
3. Always borrow at an unsustainable level of well over $100 million.
4. Always have hundreds of millions of dollars in unfunded liabilities (DEBT’s), including OPEB.
5. Always have secretive Slush Funds hidden in Kufflink’s cooked books.
6. Always use social services, welfare, public education, infrastructure, etc. to receive tens of millions of dollars per fiscal year in state administered, federal aid.
7. Always disconnect financial reality from the propaganda and outright lies to meet the definition of insanity, which is to do the same thing over an over again, but expect different results for the better, while Pittsfield is in an over 50-year downward spiral of significant population and job loss.
8. Always treat the fictional Mary Jane and Joe Kapanski family like a doormat, a toilet to shit on, and the career politicians’ ATM.
9. Always hire friendly auditors who will rubber stamp the city’s cooked books.
10. NEVER hire an independent firm to conduct a FORENSIC AUDIT.
Jon Melle
Fix typos and fix a copy to every door, wall, and post by sturdy means.
….along with old lottery tickets, used nip bottles, old cig. butts, Monopoly money, wooden nickels, a photo of Ponzi, discarded homeless supplies, and Pigs that have Wings and Fly….
CIGIE – Agriculture.
Looks like the first draft of an SNL skit.
Bring in the clowns!
Get lost, you ass.
Scuse me? U talkin ta me????
Well, I’m the only one here. Who the f*** do you think you’re talking to?
Sympathizing here with your hemorrhoid problem Charles. I as well, get irritable when mine act up. Not fun I agree.
Thank you. That is very nice.
I’m beating you two to one on this.
Sorry about calling you an ass. Too much, too soon.
Last nights airplane crash similar to Trump getting shot? The timing. A million to one.
The other thing. If you watch the video as the plane is descending the helicopter elevates at the last second. Could be the pilot of the helicopter wasn’t paying attention.
Could be the pilot could have been a deranged jihadist. It appears to be murder.
24 hours prior to accident, another plane aborted landing due to helicopter in path……
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/01/revealed-passenger-flight-forced-abort-landing-dca-due/
Not once has maintenance ever been part of city budget.It is just another reason to not spend 30 million at Wahconah park for a college summer league.Tear down the grand stands and put up bleachers.Our schools are falling apart under another group of leaders.Its time to consolidate our schools.The cape cod league plays on high school fields.The culture of schools comes from Curtis who like Eberwien wants no bad news reported.
Trump played golf all week after nominating nitwits.
What were you nominated for?
He counts the dimples on Trump’s balls.
Breaking News… PDJT is adding to private sector jobs, the maker of “Dr Trumps Butt Hurt Salve “has moved to 24/7 due to increased demand. CEO Mr Browne Eye said the
future is the brightest ever.
Biden 360 days of vacation out of four years in office. That doesn’t include when in Washington he was on vacation. Woke up at 11am and then called a lid on daily official activities around 2 pm .I’d guess the total non working days off were much higher. Yeah, Trump golfing is an issue.Trump has done more in his short time in office than Sleepy Joe did in four years.
DNC is electing new officials TSC.
Can You translate this gobbledygook for us? These people are mentally ill.
The Democrats still don’t understand why they lost.
The Democrat Party voted for a new DNC Chairman on Saturday after
Outgoing DNC Chair Jaime Harrison laid out the ground rules for leadership positions and he even confused himself.
“Because of our gender balance provisions on this next ballot, you will be able to vote for two candidates of any gender on the next ballot,” Jaime Harrison said.
“Okay, so on this next ballot, you will be able to vote for two candidates of any gender on the next ballot.”
“The rules specify that when we have a gender non-binary candidate or officer, the non-binary individual is counted as neither male nor female and the remaining six offices must be gender balanced. With the results of the previous four elections, our elected officers are currently two male and two female,” Jaime Harrison said.
He continued, “In order to be gender balanced, we must elect one male, one female and one person of any gender. So again, this is what we have to do for this vice chair race.
To ensure our process accounts for male, female and non-binary candidates, we conferred with our RBC Co-Chair, our LBGT Caucus Co-Chair and others to ensure that the process is inclusive and meets the gender balance requirements in our rules.”
“After a candidate is elected on the first ballot, we’ll have one officer of the three so then we will know which position is filled of the one male, one female, and one Vice Chair of any gender. Our second ballot will also be for any candidate of any gender,” Jaime Harrison said.”
-TGP
TRAP
The ground rules laid out by Harrison explain why they lost. That’s the joke of it all! Thanks for sharing.
There was a man or a woman who grew up a boy in the 1600’s in the New England Colony. Later he became a woman. Then he became a man. He was challenged by the Puritan magistrates etc…. They determined that he was both a man and a woman and ruled, therefore, that heorshe must wear a man’s suit and a bonnet.
The level 5 students are future MAGAs.Dont kill your farm system fellas.
That is the leftist woke jokes and groomed pedophiles of the future TSC. Will you be doing the drag shows again?
You must have been really high or passed out yesterday when I made the post, with link attached, about how in democRAT run cities (Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit, etc) over 50% of 8th graders can’t read or write at their grade level.
in Cleveland it was over 90%.
Nice try wingnut, but stick to what you know best, intoxicating substances and let the adults discuss politics.
This is the modern version of the Democrats educational system. It is more into pronouns, making excuses for criminals, and making everything about race.
Out country cannot survive with such an agenda because it produces nothing of real value and everything of disintegration…
Does Pete Wimpy White let you play with his action figures?
Keeping on the subject of debt and Americans having trouble paying for groceries and other items, I wanted to pass on the names of the 3 US democRAT Senators, who posters like JM, repeatedly posts about and tells us he supports because of their “progressive politics” and their “fight for the little guy.”
In this article, 3 democRAT Senators raked in over $8,500,000 from Big Pharma, so they could keep poisoning us and feeding us God only knows what.
But hey, they have “progressive values” and help “fight for the little guy,” right JM?
Here are their “progressive values” and their “fight for the little guy.” The only problem though, it appears “the little guy” just happens to be a few lonely stacks of $50 bills missing the many large stacks of $100 bills.
*Elizabeth “Pocahontas” Warren, raked in $5,200,000 from Big Pharma, since 2020.
*Rapheal Warnock, raked in $1,763,425 from Big Pharma, since 2020.
*Bernie “Make the rich pay their fair share” Sanders, raked in $1,500,000, since 2020.
Humanspective on X: “3 x Senators pocket $8.5 million Even before Robert F Kennedy has started his job as HHS secretary, the Big Pharma financial influence on American senators has already been exposed Senator Elizabeth Warren, Sen Bernie Sanders and Senator Warnock have collectively taken in $8.5 https://t.co/ZtCEu6MsAy” / X
The next time one of these democRAT hypocrites tells you they “are fighting for the American people,” just remember this post. They only fight to increase their bank accounts and power.
I concur with your message(s) about the Oligarchy in the Swamp.
Concur? You vote Blue no matter Who.
I’ve got a crisp $20 bill in my wallet that JM will soon post his love and admiration for (insert liberal female politician’s name) and then end his post by mentioning President Trump being like “Hitler” or something to do with the debunked “Project 2025.”
Just remember what Killary Clinton said about democRAT voters:
“Look, the average democRAT voter is just plain stupid. Their easy to manipulate. That’s the easy part,” Killary, as told to Dick Morris in “Rewriting History,” 2005.
It’s the one time I actually agree with Killary Clinton.
https://x.com/CraigSilverman/status/947218764969496581
Bernie to RFK : The millions from big pharma are “contributions” to me.
What a weasel ! “Free healthcare for all Bernie” is one of the the many hypocrites who are the reason Big Parma gets away with what they do.
Pharmacohontas
Out-loud PHUNNY!! 5-star!
The sad part is every one of those filthy Communists you mentioned in your post will get probably get
reelected because of those who do vote blue no matter who.
Speaking of Rat. Warfarin is rat poisoning? Way to go Richie
Debt and Pittsfield go hand and hand.As everyone knows the School Debt is 42% of the budget at around 80 Million. The enrollment in 2005 was 6,496 students. Today it is 4,873. We have 1,627 less students but still maintain 14 schools. Pretty foolish if you ask me. Now they’re trying to reinvent the wheel with there middle school new alternative. Not that complicated, copy the 2 most successful School districts Lenox & Greylock. Put the 8 graders at the High School & 5 graders at Middle School. Close 2-3 Elementary Schools. No new schools needed. The numbers I got came from Dept of Education. site. Encourage people to check it out, you can see the dwelling enrollment for yourself.
Demolish Allendale Elementary School, please. Save the students from the leaky landfills.
Cash Patel Senate confirmation hearing live feed 1/30/25
https://rumble.com/v6etq24-live-kash-patel-testifies-at-senate-confirmation-hearing-for-fbi-director-1.html
The RFK hearings yesterday were enlightening. The Game in action. Dems misquoting him, distorting his views, giving him ridiculous “yes or no” questions that are little more than shallow “gotchas.” Thing is, though, they didn’t “gotcha” him. Bobby handled the hostilities with aplomb. He’s going to make a great HHS Secretary.
Dan.Why is that unusual? It D vs R at any hearings. It’s called playing with house money.
ATT
You’re right. It’s not unusual… except that Bobby is from the Camelot Crowd, the revered and loyal Dem Kennedy Klan. He’s considered traitorous. The venom was at its strongest, and I would use the tape of his hearing as a leading exhibit to illustrate our broken political system.
Yes. Everything will be made organic by law.
RFK JR had Lieawatha Warren stammering. She kept on harping on his vaccine stance, meanwhile she took in $1,200,000 from BIG PHARMA.
7 other D-Senators doing the same hit jobs, also have taken in high-6 or 7-figure bribes from PHARMA.
MAHA!!!
Trump fired the head of the FAA on federal aviation safety on his day one. 10 days later a fatal crash over dc with a commercial plane and a Blackhawk. 60+ dead.
You heard it first here on the planet the airplane pilot is not at fault. That’s my opinion. God Bless those who perished and prayers for the family’s.
The helicopter pilot was a military lesbian DEI hire. Before they named her, several days later, all her social media posts were scrubbed clean.
Nothing to see here, move on…….
Military helicopters flying training missions across flight paths of incoming commercial aircraft at one of the country’s busiest airports. Sounds like something Pittsfield would do as we have more car accidents than any other city in America per capita. And you will see how the insurance companies are dealing with that this year. Holeee shit man!
Odds of that much traffic is ten million to one at the Pittsfield Airport. However the odds get lower leaving the airport on Tamarac road
https://www.breitbart.com/news/pilots-have-long-worried-about-dcs-complex-airspace-contributing-to-a-catastrophe/
Biden turned down 8,000 qualified Air traffic controllers. Instead went with DEI hires. Not sure firing the head of the FAA has anything to do with this tragedy. They work out of an office, not a control tower.
Also only one air traffic controller was working last night for both towers on an incredibly busy day even for this extremely busy airport. So much was wrong including the military helicopter flying way too low. Are they having trouble hiring people? Sean Duffy, the new transportation secretary, needs to get to the bottom of the issues at this airport and make major changes.
Yes. Our President is blaming it on D E I hired. Incompetency.like we have here.
are ppd dispatchers d e I ? A couple of them can even finish. Sentence.
Either can you.
Let’s not forget about Biden’s nomination of this dei fellow to head the FAA. Yeah, Trump is right about hiring those qualified and not hiring just based color or gender.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/03/05/sen_ted_budd_grills_faa_nominee_the_faa_cant_afford_to_be_led_by_someone_who_needs_on-the-job_training.html
DEI is built on exclusion in order to achieve its goals.
One thing that Democrat-Socialists excel at is implementing dumb sh*t with no regard for consequences. Examples abound.
Was the head of the FAA scheduled for the shift as aircraft traffic control tower during the time of crash?
It would be interesting if someone compared Pittsfield to Westfield and other similar small cities. When I read about various samples of small cities, I always see that Pittsfield’s taxes, fees, spending, debts, unfunded liabilities, etc., are excessive.
I don’t like how secretive Pittsfield is with their cooked books. I also disagree with Pittsfield’s Slush Funds. I believe that taxpayer dollars belong in the pockets of the taxpayers instead of hidden away in a municipal stash.
The government is supposed to serve the people and taxpayers, but the opposite is true. The career politicians and their special interests always win, while the rest of us pound sand. It is all propaganda and lies.
You have nothing but free time on your hands, why don’t you make that your project and submit your results to Dan.
Maybe if it’s well written, throughly researched, containing verifiable facts and void of Nuciforo, “cook the books,” or TDS, it might make a Planet “guest column.”
I’d certainly be interested in the differences between the two.
Here’s a start for you JM: city budgets, city services like police/fire/garbage, crime stats, homeless numbers, school budgets, number of administrative positions in each school district, school populations, DEI programs, amount of “state grants” each TAKES, and of course tax rates of each.
Best of luck and I’ll definitely champion you for this project JM, if you stick to the above recommendations.
They know how babies are made, right?
https://www.berkshireeagle.com/opinion/columnists/where-have-all-the-kids-gone/article_fb5e6d74-df48-11ef-ae15-37e9cceb57b5.html
Child Care of the Berkshires Expansion: In September 2024, Child Care of the Berkshires, a North Adams-based nonprofit, received $483,000 in funding for renovations, including new flooring, roofing, and HVAC improvements. The organization plans to use this funding to add 23 child care seats, addressing the growing demand for child care services in the area.
**there has been some rebranding among child and family services organizations in the Berkshire area, which can lead to confusion. In 2019, Berkshire Children and Families updated its name to 18 Degrees to reflect its expanding reach and vision. However, Child Care of the Berkshires has retained its original name and continues to operate under that title.
In a move that would make useless politicians like Tricia Farley-Country Buffet (d-illegal aliens) and Linda “Flat” Tyer, extremely happy, the FAA turned down many qualified candidates, because they were “too white.”
Remember when TFCB and Flat Tyer, gleefully talked about “diversity being our strength,” or how “outsiders will view Bitchfield as diverse and inclusive?”
**Have you also noticed those two hypocrites, among many other democRATS, haven’t offered their homes to house the “houseless” juvenile students? Why not ladies? You certainly don’t come across as offering a “diverse and inclusive” home?
Are those “houseless” illegal aliens not white enough for you?
NIMBY-the older, white, liberal democRAT, mantra.
Remember this post when you fly the friendly and “diverse” skies…..
Nick Sortor on X: ” WOW! A former Air Traffic Controller just EXPOSED more about the DEI policies that destroyed the FAA and caused critical staging shortages Obama and Biden struck THOUSANDS of well-qualified Air Traffic Control candidates because they were “too white,” he says “This is a https://t.co/FG3JyHH3BD” / X
**Has Wimpy White finished his study on the “houseless” that he’s been working on since prior to pandemic? 6 years and counting now…..Must be a masterpiece.
Ordinance and rules meeting faux pas. Concilor Dina meant to say personally and publicly but said personally and politically.
She’s one of the dumbest people ever elected to the city council!
She’s got competition now since the last election. If she keeps her mouth shut she’ll shine.
She should keep her eyes glued that cell phone she keeps there and study those shoes and things.
Did you have wax in your ears? Lampiasi was clear that taking SC compensation as a one off at this time would be political due to current events. Her point was that compensation should not be a reactive discussion.
Bitchfield will now be run by the state politicians now that they are broke as hell.
Yes, this could easily be solved by returning education to the States. They will become more reasonable when it is their own state money they are spending and
not ours.
He’s chummy with Cameron. Gotta show the peeps who his allegiance is to. Certainly isn’t Joe and Mary.
DEI hiring included people with mental disorders, seizures, hearing & vision problems, etc – all this started by Barack Hussein Obama.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/01/fact-check-yes-obama-biden-faa-hire-people/
It’s about time……
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/01/trumps-fcc-chair-launching-investigation-npr-pbs-taxpayer/
Dan has brought the transparent plague to Bitchfield. D E I is DOA Trumps kickin ass.
Ma. Is dead in the water for smoke and mirror federal funding. The view here will lose they’re heavyweight punch
Trump just said D E I Is Dead.
So is Black History Month, at least on the Fed level.
The rag known as the Eagle, seems to be obsessed with ICE. Headlines, like how to keep ICE out of the schools, how to identify and report where ICE officers are. How dare those men & women of ICE go out enforcing the law, who do they think they are? I have already used the ICE hotline reporting law breakers. Only in Pittsfield, we recruit illegals and homeless. Need more effort recruiting businesses.
Another plane crash Philly…. med plane…. at least six dead. Full fuselage fuel. Near Mall.
I would like to see ALL $$ remittances to other countries made ILLEGAL, not just taxed . Can you imagine what the 60 billion injection into the economy will do? People will self deport because many of them are here only to prop up the Mexican economy and to support the cartels which are basically the Mexican economy. Tax ALL non profits, yes I said that. So much of the economy runs off of not paying taxes and this is an abomination to hard working citizens. Tax churches which have really become business which we all have to compete with. End
birthright citizenship.
Taxing a church is a state tithe.
I’m a daily reader and I want to tell you how very much I enjoy daily comments from Jonathon Mele. I know he comes in for a lot of criticism, but his arrows are usually on target. One area I disagree with him is his comments on Matt Kerwood. Matt is a bright guy and a former good city councilor who does a good job representing and commenting on city financial affairs. Even if he represents a donkey of a city leader, he does his job very well. This is no criticism of Jon Mele, just this one issue. At least in Matt Kerwood we have a guy with a brain in city government.
You need a. Lobotomy.
Could Kufflinks hold his own in the private sector? He only works in the public sector. Pittsfield’s municipal finances have a whole lot of DEBT.
Could you?
Right,
He’s great at debt service. His fundamental approach is to raise taxes each and every year. He would have lasted maybe a year in the private sector. Unfortunately for him he was a politician before a numbers guy. Bianchi used him as a doormat during council debates.
Most perceptive about the Bianchi-Kufflinks relationship. Dan knows numbers and finances. Matthew doesn’t. Dan was from the Dreaded Private Sector. Matthew isn’t.
Plain and simple Mathew isn’t likeable. And do you really want the greek god and guy n turning over in they’re heavenly graves.
He could run a lemonade stand
Possibly already had one.
Sometimes they miss? Should aim for the frontal cortex next time.
So why, if he has a brain, is Matt refusing to recommend a forensic audit? This runaway budget with very little oversight is screaming out in the darkness to be reviewed by totally independent auditors. Could you ask him about this please?
Sounds like somebody is lining up a run for mayor.
There’s nobody that’s worthy of mayor. I don’t think Mike would want it.
Is that you Kufflinks? Or is this Kufflinks Mom?
The committee to elect Kufflinks….
Kerwood is a walking bag of red flags.
Looked Kufflinks him up in dictionary…..humina
Yeah,but he has the same old auditors in his pocket. Quid pro quo. The worst kind of hiring.
instead of profiles in courage, might recommend profiles in common scene is what is needed.
Half billion in OPEB. What’s one person’s share of that? How many heads are collecting OPEB cash?
Should be a lot of retiree’s out there. That’s ripe for auditing.
The mayor and city council won’t be happy until they economically exsanguinate senior tax payers .
Every dollar of that liability should be accounted for by a breathing head. Are they?
I apologize Dan for changing the subject. I have to share my horror this morning. Father Salatino at St. Marks, compared Quantanamo to Auschwitz. Wow, didn’t know the Catholic Church was that desperate for there 100 million plus, in refugee & immigration loot. Disgusting,30,000 folks going to Guantanamo are Murders, Rapists and Pedo’s. The 1.3 million poor souls at Auschwitz only crime was they were Jews. Unfortunately no one will be executed at Guantanamo. 1.1 million innocent people lost there life’s at Auschwitz. Catholic Church is getting disgusting. Time to home bible.
No apologies necessary, JOE. The good father needs to stay out of politics and stick to ecclesiastics.
Agreed Dan . Problem is the Catholic Church gets 1.4 billion from politicians. Slippery slope.
I don’t hear the churches comparing our regular prisons to Auschwitz. These are criminals and the Democrats had no problem letting all of them enter our country to roam free. Only criminals will go to Guantanamo. Now the Democrats have infiltrated the churches with their agenda and want us to feel sorry that these criminals need to be held accountable. Sadly, St. Marks went far left many years ago. Other churches are not far behind. The Berkshire Eagle runs almost daily articles on illegal immigrants and now wants citizens to be on the lookout for ICE agents. It’s insane. The far left politicians allowed and cheered on the invasion and now want to cast blame on those who have to rid this country of criminals and deport others who entered illegally. Far left policies continue to divide Americans even when they aren’t in power in Washington because they have caused such deep damage.
Organized religion all the houses of worship, are conquered temples bearing the banners and signs of their victors. As predicted in Daniel and Matthew is corrupted by politics and profanity. It is time for a new reformation. Toss the priests, pastors, and rabbis out the door and start a real relationship with G-d.
It would be insightful to see the balance sheets of all these NGO’s and especially the Catholic NGO run charities and look at their administrative costs. I’ll bet large sums of money that those costs exceed 80%. It takes big salaries to attract the best people to help keep these scams going and fill the pockets of all involved.
I would love to attend Mass but the priests are either pedos or lunatic left wingers. Is there any Catholic Church in Pittsfield that isn’t full of lunatic leftist priests?
Probably not, nor any other faith or denomination.
That’s because the Catholic church & their charities are making billions off of illegal immigrant relocation. The Pope is a communist. Find a Bible-based church!
One thing we do know it’s not the Berkshire County Country Club.
Who here knows the story of the crow named ‘Stockbridge’? It is an interesting tale that brings a man, a dead crow, and Paul Caccaviello together with Judge Babalunga.
The poor soul was challenged in court by the officer who stated that he meddled with evidence by releasing the bird when the cop showed up to seize it. Maybe defunding the police should have started a bit earlier for better cause.
Parents and friends of most of these politicians are usually well healed to pay taxes here also. And if you look around locally all high end employees who make decisions on taxing elderly who are the most susceptible. Take Dr. Cameron. Imagine taking a stipend on his pension for what he receives for retirement?
Third helicopter pilot (from Wed. night’s air disaster) named after her social media accounts were scrubbed….what are they hiding?
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/02/female-pilot-rebecca-lobach-had-her-entire-social/
I want a job with the schools.
Ali Shepard shows Shepards Pie on Snapchat.
Gets a paid leave.
Posta on Facebook she’s got all her and her one parent children in Anguilla. Living her best life.
Is “THE PITT” a sanctuary city?
The new US AG Bondi, has announced the withholding of ALL FEDERAL funds from such cities.