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WHO STOLE THE RING? … & OTHER NONSENSICLES

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BY DAN VALENTI

PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY

(FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY APRIL 15, 2026) — Clearing off the desk of tidbits:

KAM II?: You haven’t heard of disgraced “Rev.” Al Sharpton’s National Action Network Convention. No one has, except for a small group of black activists who cherish racism disguised as social change.  Sharpton’s gig last weekend drew a gaggle of Democrat presidential hopefuls, including the Retread di tutti Retread Kamala Harris. Kackling Kamala affected an embarrassing Mob-boss accent in her appearance, hinting that she’s “thinking about” another run for president in 2028. Are the Democrats THAT desperate?

Who stole the ring? (Photo: Pittsfield Police Department)

VOTES SCHMOTES: Votes used to be transactional. You voted for a person and expected to get something back for it. Today, votes are commodities to be bought and stolen. Your votes means nothing, particularly in rigged elections such as the ones that take place in Bitchfield.

Dan Valenti’s latest book, SANITY MADE SIMPLE, is now in pre-release sale. Just $14.95 for the paperback, $4.95 for the e-book at amazon.com and all Barnes & Noble Booksellers. “Valenti at his best,” says “The Laughorist”

IDIOTS ON BIKES: The milder weather has at least one drawback, and that’s the appearance of butt-headed young men on dirt bikes and crotch rockets hitting 100 mph over stretches of busy highway. When one of these idiots blurs by, THE PLANET says a prayer: “Hope you die in a fiery crash.” Tough love. If we ever should have the good fortune to see such a jerk go airborne, we shall dance a jig while pronouncing last rites.

BABY YOU’RE A RICH MAN, TOO: If you’re a bedraggled homeowner in the gulag known as Bitchfield, your pad has increased in paper value by a whopping 40%. It’s all part of the ongoing scam conducted by air-mayors and Brylcreamed finance directors to skirt Prop. 2.5. A punishing tax rate of 18% adds to your hurt. Says Lumpy: “Pittsfield has the highest tax bills and the highest tax rates.” Yeah, he actually said it. And then he belched.

RING LEADER: Speaking of beer bellies, did you check out the collection of pinheads who showed up for Wahconah Park’s grandstand finale. The scurvy bunch had to endure Banjo Joe’s mangling of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.” The highlight of this funeral came when a kept made off with Pittsfield Mets championship ring. Lumpy will spend $30 million on the park so he and the other Pete have a place to swill watered down beer this summer. And then he belched.

Mayor Lumpy emcees at the ballpark “festivities.” (PHOTO: iBerkshires).Lumpy will spend $30 million on a baseball field without a team so The Two Petes can have a summer beer stand. And then he belched. BTW, looking for a missing ring? 

VOODOO TALK: Stabilization funds. Free cash. Allowable levy. Millibobs. These words comprise the voodoo incantations of Lumpy, Kufflinks, Dumpster, and all the other coconspirators to keep the budget punishment and pain going for Mary Jane and Joe Kapanski. There ought to be a law.

GO FOR THE GOLD: Speaking of fixed elections, the Supreme Court is considering a ban on mail-in balloting. THE PLANET says it can’t come toon enough. Mail-in cheating has become a hallowed part of voting in Massachusetts. Mail-in votes are notoriously susceptible to fraud. Ballot harvesting, non-non-citizens voting, and votes have become Olympic sports in the Bay State and particularly in municipal balloting in Bitchfield. Stolen elections go for the gold.

BEWARE OF DARKNESS: “It has become apparent that there are insufficient guardrails in place Massachusetts to address rampant benefit fraud across the state.” Thus spake U.S. Attorney Leah Foley. This remark struck a chord in light of the desperate lengths Mayor Lumpy and the decrepit Sochol Committee have gone to keep hidden the “independent” report on pubic school scandals. Only one official, committeewoman Ciara Batory, has taken action to spring the report from its dank, fetid prison into the sunlight. Give Ciara THE PLANET laurels and all the other bums the thorns.

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Well it’s one for the money, two for the blow, three for the needle and go cat go” — Theme song of Bitchfield.

“OPEN THE WINDOW, AUNT MILLIE.”

LOVE TO ALL.

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Jonathan A. Melle
Jonathan A. Melle
25 days ago

April 15, 2026

Hello blogger Dan Valenti,

Pittsfield (Mass.) has the highest tax bills and the highest tax rates. I should say that 10 times in a row to feel fortunate that I live in New Hampshire.

North Street has around 15 empty storefronts. North Street’s downtown so-called business district is referred to as Social Services Alley. The inner-city neighborhoods that surround North Street are referred to as the Ring of Poverty.

Many of Pittsfield’s public schools are rated Level 5 with 679 students per academic year 2025 – 2026 who transferred to neighboring public school districts.

Pittsfield’s Violent Crime rate has more than doubled the statewide average since at least 1980, which is at least over 45 years in a row and counting.

Pittsfield only sector of economic growth is in its large underclass population. Thousands of middle-class families have moved away from Pittsfield over the past 5 decades, along with the loss of countless living wage jobs and small business closures.

Could it be….Pittsfield’s high tax bills….Pittsfield’s high tax rates….North Street’s woes….Pittsfield’s Level 5 public schools….Pittsfield’s Violent Crime….Pittsfield’s large underclass population….?

Earl and the 2-Pete’s Pittsfield politics pounds, pummels, pulverizes, punishes people’s purses. While many other municipalities in Massachusetts have released their headline news budget proposals, Pittsfield’s would-be budget proposal is still a mystery.

Pittsfield’s career politicians refuse to speak with blogger Dan Valenti. They also refuse to release to the general public the taxpayer-funded 6-figure school legal report. Instead, we see Lumpy throwing fits, showing off his big beer belly, and getting ready to release his record-breaking city operating budget proposal that will make only one city bureaucrat happy: Kufflinks with his cook books.

I would have millions of dollars in FREE CASH too if I could spend up to one-quarter of $1 billion from July 01, 2026 – June 30, 2027. No other small city similar to Pittsfield spends as much taxpayer dollars as Earl and the 2-Pete’s, not even close by tens of millions of dollars per fiscal year.

What about the fictional Kapanski family’s STABILIZATION Fund?

Answer: It is about as important to Pittsfield City Hall as “Jon Melle the have-NOT’s” pretend homelessness sidewalk on the corner of First Street and Fenn Street in my distressed native hometown of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

Jon Melle

BeerBellyBelch
BeerBellyBelch
Reply to  Jonathan A. Melle
25 days ago

You should join the mayoral race against your cousin Mayor Pete. I even heard he’d drop his trousers and bend over and let you kiss his ring of poverty as a welcome to politics.

Jon Melle
Jon Melle
Reply to  BeerBellyBelch
24 days ago

April 15, 2026

I – Jon Melle – don’t have the heart to do what is always being done to the common people and taxpayers as a would-be Mayor of Pittsfield (Mass.).

I could NOT spend tens of millions of dollars per fiscal year more than similarly sized small cities to Pittsfield. Taxpayer dollars matter to me, unlike my relative with the BIG beer belly.

I could NOT then say that I am sitting on millions of dollars in FREE CASH (aka Slush Funds), that I have money in a so-called stabilization fund, and then go onto propose an excessive fiscal year city operating budget up to one-quarter of one billion dollars.

I could NOT wait until the last minute to release Pittsfield’s fiscal year 2027 operating budget proposal that begins in 2.5 months time so that it will receive less scrutiny, while many other municipalities throughout Massachusetts have already released their respective budget proposals.

I could NOT deal with the millionaires in Pittsfield’s elitist Gated Community west of Berkshire Community College close to the Hancock border who used city politics as a stepping stone to wealth.

Contrary to the aforementioned millionaire’s who live in their mansions, I could NOT vote to close an elementary school….

https://www.iberkshires.com/story/82367/Pittsfield-School-Committee-Votes-to-Close-Morningside.html

….that will displace impoverished children from their inner-city neighborhood.

I have a good heart. I have a good conscience. For that reason, it is why I write, post, blog, send email letters about my native hometown of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

Jon Melle

Markus Aurelius
Markus Aurelius
25 days ago

Dan, be cautious about talking negatively about mail in ballots and linking it to fraud. You’ll get political “heavyweights” like the MA illegal aliens state rep, Tricia Farley-Country Buffet (d-illegal aliens), calling you “racist,” and “xenophobic,” about illegal aliens.

Remember, TFCB “only” passed legislation that helped get illegal MA driver’s licenses, so they “could drive to their kids to the doctor’s office and not fear getting arrested by the police.”

TFCB followed it up with, “it’s not so they can vote,” and ended it with an air-tight assurance by stating, “Chief Wynn said it’s safe.”

TFCB’s statements about illegal aliens getting driver’s licenses and “not voting,” is about as stupid and foolish, as when former DA Andrea “Wrong Way” Harrington, looked into a news reporters’ camera and stated, “shoplifting isn’t a violent crime. They are only stealing to feed their families.”

Ask any veteran cop who has worked the streets for any length of time and ask if they’ve ever arrested a shoplifter “trying to feed his/her family,” and not feed their addiction.

Speaking of anti-white and anti-personal achievement, recently Al Sharpton, held an important DEI event for racists. There was only one big problem, the racists, didn’t know what DEI is or what it stood for. They just tossed out democRAT talking points, “no justice, no peace,” and it’s for “equality,” even though nobody can even define it or knew what it stood for.

**The best is at the 44 second mark, where the respondent thinks the reporter is asking about DUI (driving under the influence) and not DEI. Tells you all you need to know.

They are all for Kackles Harris though.

VendettaChatGPT, care to chime in?

You’ve repeatedly written on The Planet that DEI is a good program that helps black people out. How can you defend it, when they people you are defending, don’t even know what DEI stands for or means?

Meanwhile or VendettaChatGPT, is this really the best you democRATS have? Kackles?

It’s no wonder you both have severe TDS.

Jesse Watters on X: “https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/svg/1f6a8.svgMUST-SEE: Al Sharpton held a DEI convention, but NONE of the attendees knew what DEI meanthttps://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/svg/1f923.svghttps://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/svg/1f923.svg “DEI will help you with all of your office work” https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/svg/1f916.svg “DEI is a BAD thing”https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/svg/1f92b.svg But they’re all TEAM KAMALA! https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/svg/1f92a.svg https://t.co/zC3ynJlsdA” / X

acheshirecat
acheshirecat
Reply to  danvalenti
24 days ago

Dan, reminds me of some of the lyrics from a Black Sabbath song called “Killing Yourself to Live”

I don’t know if I’m up or down
Whether black is white or blue is brown
The colors in my life are all different somehow
Little boy blue’s a big girl now

So you think it’s me who’s strange
But you’ve never had to make the change
Never give your trust away
You’ll end up paying ’til your dying day

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/blacksabbath/killingyourselftolive.html

Optimus Prime
Optimus Prime
Reply to  Markus Aurelius
25 days ago

TFB is a clown, not even a high ranking one.

Vendetta Vale
Vendetta Vale
Reply to  Markus Aurelius
24 days ago

Apologies, Mr. Powell. Some of us have been a little tied up actually doing something about our concerns for this country. You know… action. It’s that thing that happens off the comment section, somewhere between effort and accountability.
But please, don’t let me interrupt your regularly scheduled blog-crying marathon. I’m sure if you complain hard enough, the problems will eventually fix themselves.

Markus Aurelius
Markus Aurelius
Reply to  Vendetta Vale
24 days ago

But yet you had time to respond to me and take a break from “doing something about concerns for the country.”

I noticed you didn’t answer me about your pro stance on DEI.

You play the democRAT handbook well of attempting to redirect or deflect topics you have no valid answer for when asked a question. Like DEI for example.

To address this statement of, “doing something about concerns for the country.”

Translation: TDS/Activist work/Social Justice/ANTIFA

Probably one of the a$$holes who help bring the bricks or Soros printed (non-organic) signs to the “No Kings” rally or the “ICE Out” rally and consider that “doing something about concerns for the country.”

End result: Nothing changes and the useless BA degree you hold in Gender Studies continues to fuel your rage towards straight, white men.

Sir Chaz
Sir Chaz
Reply to  Markus Aurelius
24 days ago

Was going to ask if she has to buy her own bricks, or better pry them loose from a building like Abbie Hoffman hippee extraordinaire, or if they are still set out at the riot site on a pallet. Great minds think alike.

Meanwhile
Meanwhile
Reply to  Sir Chaz
24 days ago

Chaz and Markus, do you have an opinion as to why trump and half his appointed cabinet are attacking the Pope? I am guessing it has something to do with the civil war he wants to start just before the election but was curious as to how you guys see it.

Also curious as to how Pat sees it as well. I am sure she has a perfectly good excuse for him as usual. Like Biden is making him do it.

Markus Aurelius
Markus Aurelius
Reply to  Meanwhile
23 days ago

You do realize you’ve been played Meanwhile, like the fool you are.

Before I answer your question, explain how a Jewish man (David Axelrod), sent by a Muslim (Hussein Obama), gets a private meeting with the pope, but the pope won’t meet with Trump’s people, who are of the Christian faith.

And then 2 days later, 3 US Cardinals come out against President Trump too?

That’s not a coordinated attack from a religious institution against a sitting US President?

As Autopen used to state, “C’mon man, you’re getting played.”

The CIA states psyops work on slower functioning people.

Meanwhile, you are example numero uno.

Sir Chaz
Sir Chaz
Reply to  Markus Aurelius
23 days ago

I think the point is that Po0e Leo spoke first, and interjected himself into profanity. His error.

Markus Aurelius
Markus Aurelius
Reply to  Sir Chaz
23 days ago

I try putting it in terms MW understands.

When I hear crickets back or a TDS rant that has nothing to do with my post, I know I hit the mark.

It’s like shooting fish in a barrel with liberals.

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Sir Chaz
Sir Chaz
Reply to  Markus Aurelius
23 days ago

Understood. I admire your patience.

Meanwhile
Meanwhile
Reply to  Markus Aurelius
23 days ago

So, sounds like you are thoroughly disgusted with the Pope just like trump is? Is that your answer Markus? The Pope is a bad actor and should be replaced with a trump appointee? Or maybe another Fox news guy like Jessee Waters?

Sir CHAZ
Sir CHAZ
Reply to  Meanwhile
23 days ago

For my part, there is definitely something off with Pope Leo. There was something off with Pope Pius too. Similar.

Vendetta Vale
Vendetta Vale
Reply to  Markus Aurelius
23 days ago

You are so predictable. I was testing a theory with how I responded… and you confirmed it for me.
You were so busy reacting to the bait that you didn’t even notice you replied to your legal name instead of your screen name.

Sir Chaz
Sir Chaz
Reply to  Vendetta Vale
23 days ago

He replied to you which was addressed to his screen name.

Anonymous writing is the liberty to speak freely. Doxxing is a violent act.

While you often claim that only you argue points, more often than not, you lob strictly personal attacks that don’t even reference your opponent’s statements. What you end with is a believable argument that you do not like very much the person who is talking, unless it is you.

Last edited 23 days ago by Sir Chaz
Optimus Prime
Optimus Prime
25 days ago

There is now a storied history of using “mail- in ballots” to gain, what the in person voting ballot box might have
denied for some … being elected.

Optimus Prime
Optimus Prime
25 days ago

I would start looking around in Bitchfield for some portly purple haired weed smoking gender confused person wearing the stolen championship ring as a nose ring. It could take awhile though because we have so many roaming around here that fit that description in
today’s Bitchfield.

Sir Chaz
Sir Chaz
Reply to  Optimus Prime
25 days ago

The thief is in that pictured crowd, and everyone there is an equal suspect. They should secured the lot and questioned each person.

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Meanwhile
Meanwhile
Reply to  danvalenti
25 days ago

I think there might be a proclamation giving Diplomatic Immunity to city employees. And if there is ever an investigation there may also be a rule that it does not have to be released if the mayor does not want it to be.

Sorry, but it seems those are the rules in Pittsfield.

Sir Chaz
Sir Chaz
Reply to  danvalenti
23 days ago

Detective Powell: “Well, come clean now won’t you? Jim saw you put the ring in your back pocket. What do say to that?”

“I don’t have any interest in that ring, i already have one and it’s just a silver plate. But I saw Jim approach the case with a large hammer. He said at the time there was a raised nail needing tamping.”

That’s the crux: who is Jim? Must find him.

Markus Aurelius
Markus Aurelius
25 days ago

Speaking of TFCB, the MA illegal aliens state rep’s gift to her constituents, DL’s to illegal aliens, wouldn’t you love to get a good look at “Pittsfield resident, Andres Lima,” Massachusetts driver’s license and verify if Andres is truly a resident of Bitchfield.

I’m not a betting man, but I’d be safe to wager my entire pension that Andres became a “Bitchfield resident,” during Autopen’s time in office and feel safe about it.

Just keep reminding yourself, “Diversity is our greatest strength.” Ain’t that right, Flat? Trish? You both should try telling that to the 14 y/o’s family and watch their reaction.

Credit: https://www.facebook.com/ColumbiaCountyNYCitizenActionNetwork/posts/pfbid0Lq5WYgAbBPPmJze5AJXjxzpdACLW5Ly7WbgjKVrj3tXLUEi9z4PjsVH4XFNj8SyNl?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZagJ-G-8gW5s1TB0l2M4WfDXL5ieFYkqYN9KWIW_kRKFhBXCoTgVfmjM8TnwxIm3QcKL-ZUKdS8BkdmQ2GuxDnCc78SLVR8YQ7ZPDz2enPLpwicZxARWo8ns0TBk1fodZmLWKIFALdoNDRJ3ek9O-mJtSYQX33M5YYoouHH3KYnhYuvf5KcJYyO-gtgn7C1ZEQSdncLyY2UrILvhQUXYmHXfDTWHt4VhfnMtBMb_P_f0Q&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-y-R

Columbia County Morning News “Start Your Day With Yeh” is in Columbia County, New York.1d 
Kinderhook Rape of minor- The New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) in Livingston announced the arrest of Andres Lima, 39, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, following an extensive investigation into allegations of sexual abuse involving Lima, an employee of the Kinderhof Group Home in Columbia County, and a 14-year-old female resident.
The investigation began in March 2026, and investigators determined the abuse occurred over a five-month period.
On April 12, 2026, Lima was arrested and charged with:
• 20 counts of Rape 2nd (actor 18 years old or more – vaginal sexual contact with a person under 15), class D felonies
• 15 counts of Rape 2nd (actor 18 years old or more – oral sexual contact with a person under 15), class D felonies
• Disseminating Indecent Material to Minors 1st, a class D felony
• Criminal Possession of a Sexual Performance by a Child, a class E felony
• Four counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child, class A misdemeanors
• Harassment 2nd , a violation
On April 13, 2026, Lima was arraigned in Columbia County Court
and remanded to the Columbia County Jail on $35,000 cash, $70,000 bond, or $85,000 partially secured bond.
The New York State Police would like to thank the Columbia County District Attorney’s Office, members of the Troop C Child Advocacy Center (CAC), the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office and the Pittsfield Police Department for their assistance with this investigation.
Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to contact the New York State Police at Troop K Headquarters at (845) 677-7300 and reference case #NY2600354009

Clif Boogerhan
Clif Boogerhan
Reply to  danvalenti
25 days ago

In his old man voice Trump says China is really happy he’s opening the straight and he’s doing it for them, China. This piss for brains has lost it.
Old age or whatever you want to call it. He’s slowly falling off the plank. Why don’t you clowns on here admit it. He’s a very confused old man.

Vendetta Vale
Vendetta Vale
Reply to  danvalenti
23 days ago

3 words…. THE EPSTIEN FILES

Sir Chaz
Sir Chaz
Reply to  Vendetta Vale
23 days ago

5 words: the Epstein Files are out.

The Royal family is in deep. Dig deeper and you’ll hit gold with Lloyd’s of London; the crown jewel of the British Empire.

Last edited 23 days ago by Sir Chaz
Meanwhile
Meanwhile
Reply to  Markus Aurelius
25 days ago

And so Markus it is honorable that you seem to want child sex offenders hunted down and prosecuted.

Do you feel that the rest of the EPSTEIN FILES should be released or is that another Kings privilege area?

Sudans Analsoran
Sudans Analsoran
Reply to  Meanwhile
25 days ago

Sing to ash My Darlin.

Ciara Batory what’s the story did you sleep the last few nights,after reading the report on The Sochol hidden agenda the other night.

Will you share it,can they bare it,or will you have to look at walls. Knowing all the transparency which was called for has just been stalled.

Was it worth it,was it worth for the taxpayers to see this plight.

Certain Poimts
Certain Poimts
Reply to  Sudans Analsoran
24 days ago

…are you truly in the early stages to continue this fight. Oh me darlin,oh me darling me darlin clementine, does the reading of the dancing dean escapades ever going to come to,light. What. A waste of lumpy money it could have all been spent on beer,but the powers of transparency wanted the ppd to come clear.

Sudans Analsoran
Sudans Analsoran
Reply to  Meanwhile
24 days ago

Dan. Let me give you the straight of it. Starting with school buildings and any other buildings. They are shit. There has never been enough money over the years for upkeep. And you can blame it on previous administrations and mayors- Council for this. Your way behind the eight ball for funding for refurbishing and it falls to the same bottom line as something like your O P E B deficit.

You better reconsider funding projects like Wahconah Park and start working on taxpayer funded infrastructure.

Tass Uppe
Tass Uppe
Reply to  Sudans Analsoran
24 days ago

Trump drowning in polls. Repukes have had their run. Now they’re all dung. Thanks D J.

Mad Trapper
Mad Trapper
Reply to  Tass Uppe
24 days ago

How many CRIMINAL ALIENS you taking in to stay with you?

Sir Chaz
Sir Chaz
Reply to  Meanwhile
24 days ago

Actually, hunting down child sex predators everywhere would be good. The abuse of a child might be the biggest crime.

Vendetta Vale
Vendetta Vale
Reply to  Sir Chaz
23 days ago

Start with your main man, Trump!

Clif Boogerhanger
Clif Boogerhanger
Reply to  Markus Aurelius
25 days ago

Trump Rep resume..

Increases fuel to zenith
Hasn’t stopped war in Ukraine
Inflation at Zenith
Latest jobs report below expectations
Health Care debacle
Farmers taking biggest hit in decades
Food prices soaring
ICE at all time low support
Releasing criminals by pardon at alarming rate
Negative comments with new Pope
War debacle losing
Alienated our brothers in arms all around the world
Melanie popularity non existent

37 trillion dollars I. Debt ? Plain and simple This guys a buffoon.

Optimus Prime
Optimus Prime
Reply to  Markus Aurelius
24 days ago

TFB and others will run to his prison cell to offer whatever assistance they can. A Couple of crazy Democrat senators will schedule a tea summit and a liberal judge will release him without bail. Calls for defund the police will rally outside the courthouse for excessive abuse because his handcuffs were too tight when they
cuffed him.

Gimmee Less
Gimmee Less
24 days ago

So, if the city tears down Morningside school and has to then bus all those kids who now walk to school, across town, how much more will this add to the school budget?

And will the old school be torn down and then the land sold to some unknown (or known) housing developer who may be chomping at the bit to grab up that cherry piece of property and get all kinds of city and state grants to build “affordable housing?”

But seriously, if they just hold out for another two years pretty much all of the kids will have opted out to schools in other cities and the situation will resolve itself. The school budget will however, continue to increase even if there are no kids left in the city.

Vendetta Vale
Vendetta Vale
Reply to  Gimmee Less
24 days ago

It’s almost adorable watching people cling to the idea that this was a “community decision.” Like there was a real vote. Like the outcome wasn’t already sitting in a folder somewhere labeled “approved” before the first public comment was even heard.
The school didn’t get “retired.” It got cleared. There’s a difference. You don’t sideline a building like that unless you already know who’s stepping onto the field next. And suddenly, the police station problem has a very convenient solution, doesn’t it. No new build, no real debate, just a quiet little shuffle into a space that was always part of the plan.
Especially when the Mayor couldn’t secure the building at 66 Allen St and let 43 East St fall into disrepair, both of which were already on the table as potential police department locations. Funny how those “missed opportunities” line up perfectly with this solution.
Meanwhile, the real priorities stay exactly where they’ve been. The ballpark. The backroom promises. Making sure the right people get paid while the public gets a performance. The GOBC.
And the leadership part? That’s the most impressive illusion of all. Because pretending to lead is a lot easier when the decisions are already made.

Gimmee Less
Gimmee Less
Reply to  Vendetta Vale
24 days ago

Same kinda of apparitional community decision the mayor had for the new ballpark. Pure lies. They know that most open honest communities do a referendum as that is the democratic way it has normally been done. But this outfit (and the one before it) have been rearranging the deck chairs (aka charter) so that they can do things like trump does. Just do whatever the hell you want. Roll over the voters.

Not cool to be compared to trump Pete. Or maybe you think it is. Pete may be the “mayor”, but there are people in the loft pulling his strings quite obviously.

Sir Chaz
Sir Chaz
Reply to  Gimmee Less
24 days ago

So much for a Ward 2 councilor representing Morningside.

Allendale is on a PCB sludge pile, children living in that neighborhood have 24-7 exposure. Others gain an 8 hour exposure. The logical choice would be that location. PCB attack, mechanism established, the immune system which results in auto immune disorders, high rate of onfection, and cancer – often arcane.

Last edited 24 days ago by Sir Chaz
Merry & Bright
Merry & Bright
Reply to  Sir Chaz
24 days ago

Sir Chaz – My thoughts exactly! We have Queen Latifah and newbie Cam making decisions, yet neither of them have been a resident of Pittsfield for more than a year. Guess none of the good ole boy network chose to share the history of Allendale school and cancer ridden neighborhoods. Wondering do parents of the current Morningside kids have a voice in which school their child is relocated too? Can a parent refuse to have their child sent to Allendale? So tired of these newly “elected” promising the world during campaign season and doing the opposite once elected. Miss you, at least you did your best to fight for Ward 2, same as Kevin Morandi.

Jonathan A. Melle
Jonathan A. Melle
Reply to  Merry & Bright
24 days ago

“PAY 2 PLAY” Pittsfield politics pummels poor pupils.

Sir Chaz
Sir Chaz
Reply to  Merry & Bright
24 days ago

Kevin was one of the good ones, and the last of them too. He and Chris were fine mentors.

Merry & Bright
Merry & Bright
Reply to  Sir Chaz
23 days ago

You were also in their league:)

Sir CHAZ
Sir CHAZ
Reply to  Merry & Bright
23 days ago

MB – Thank you for that. Very kind. Great people and lots of very cool neighborhoods.

I’ll never get the image of what Rumpass did to Cali out of my head, though.

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Trumps Rash
Trumps Rash
Reply to  Sir Chaz
24 days ago

Why do you think Lmpy wanted to be a c president? Which is as illegal in my opinion as the council member on the licensing board .I told you buffoons on here Batory would be as effective as super citizen. Problem with the report is she can’t share it or do anything about it. This Mcniece has been a dud,nice lady but clearly nothing yet.

Pat
Pat
24 days ago

Between gerrymandering and mail-in ballots Massachusetts has manipulated the vote to keep the radical Democrats in power. That’s obvious when you see an entire stadium of people booing Governor Healey and Mayor Wu and yet these same people will stay in office. Same here in Pittsfield where everyone complains about the politicians, but nothing ever changes. The fact that all of the Democrats think as one giant mind meld doesn’t help the situation. It’s hard to get someone with a different approach to solving problems when nobody dares step out of line. John Fetterman is the only current Democrat politician in the country who is able to think outside of the Democrat machine.

Two Cents
Two Cents
Reply to  Pat
24 days ago

…and that took brain damage to snap him out of it

Markus Aurelius
Markus Aurelius
Reply to  Pat
24 days ago

Did you see the newest program being launched by Boston Mayor, Michelle Wu-Hon Flu?

She’s giving $250-500 vouchers to LGBYR$VGBIIYTDR*&^ Migrants, so they can go to yoga classes, salons, gym membership, etc.

Libs of TikTok on X: “WTF. Democrat Boston Mayor Michelle Wu launched a program that gives $250-500 vouchers to “LGBTQ+ Migrants” so they can get free yoga classes, salon visits, massages, gym memberships, and MORE. All funded with YOUR tax dollars. https://t.co/GB6Oe3QQOs” / X

Remember this when they start screaming, “Trump cut off federal funding for kids to eat.”

No, he just stopped the fraud, waste, and abuse. Can you imagine the kickbacks off this program alone.

Say What
Say What
Reply to  Pat
24 days ago

With the midterm election approaching, Republicans and Democrats in some states are scrambling for an advantage by redrawing their U.S. House districts to make it easier for their candidates to win.
The unconventional mid-decade redistricting contest began last summer when President Donald Trump urged Republicans in Texas to redraw the state’s congressional districts for political gain. Democrats countered with their own gerrymandering in California. More states soon followed.

Mad Trapper
Mad Trapper
24 days ago

Hampshire college went belly up. Fall 2026 is last semester.

Sir Chaz
Sir Chaz
Reply to  Mad Trapper
24 days ago

Not new news actually. Agricultural college I think.

Mad Trapper
Mad Trapper
Reply to  Sir Chaz
24 days ago

Nope.

Farthest left loon tune College. They might have grown some weed there….

Say What
Say What
Reply to  Mad Trapper
24 days ago

Judge finalizes $25 million settlement for ‘victims of Donald Trump’s fraudulent university’ Trump University attendees are getting paid back. By Aaron Katersky and April 9, 2018, 8:35 PM 1:09 M.L. Nestel Trump University: The Basics Find out about the $40 million lawsuit against Trump and Trump Entrepreneur Initiative, LLC. Trump University attendees are getting paid back. A federal judge in the Southern District of California on Monday finalized a $25 million settlement to be paid to attendees of the now-defunct real estate seminar called Trump University. Judge Gonzalo Curiel’s decision came after an appeals court rejected arguments from a Florida woman who attended Trump University and said she wanted to pursue a separate lawsuit. 1/6 https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-finalizes-25-million-settlement-victims-donald-trumps/story?id=54347237 6/4/25, 11:15 AM Judge finalizes $25 million settlement for ‘victims of Donald Trump’s fraudulent university’ – AB

Mad Trapper
Mad Trapper
Reply to  Say What
24 days ago

How’s that J6 Kangaroo Court Member, D-Swalwell doing these days?

Remember him saying: “Trump must pay for his actions!”. Trump was exonerated then the Committee destroyed all “the evidence” that Congress ordered them to preserve. Why did that Democrat committee do that?

D-Swallwell is a swell guy, he just got referred to the DOJ for multiple rape allegations. This is much worse than his affair with the Chinese spy, Fang Fang……..

How will D-Swallwell “pay for his actions”?

Last edited 24 days ago by Mad Trapper
Meanwhile
Meanwhile
Reply to  Mad Trapper
23 days ago

Trump will give him a high-level cabinet post as he has now met the requirements

RaymondNorman
RaymondNorman
24 days ago

Another series of break-ins on North Street. Only vote for people who pledge to clean this shit up. This dead horse is so beaten I don’t expect you to beat it even further, but FFS, how do we clean up loserville!!!

Two Cents
Two Cents
Reply to  RaymondNorman
24 days ago

Drove down Fenn Street (another fine mess) shortly before 10 the other night and there were literally dozens of denizens hanging in front of the shelter church, which I assume was booked. Another 10 or so were gathered in the actual doorway of the artisan center. So welcoming…Dan isn’t kidding when he calls them the army of the night

Trumps Rash
Trumps Rash
Reply to  Two Cents
24 days ago

Trump buffoons on here. Latest quotes. We have a very good relationship with Iran. The other was the killer. If Iran has a nuclear weapon the world will end. ????

Trumps Rash
Trumps Rash
Reply to  Two Cents
24 days ago

He nor will his Republican choice be elected next election. I am also predicting the senate as well as house will elected to the majority.

Trumps Rash
Trumps Rash
Reply to  Two Cents
24 days ago

President Kamala.

Mad Trapper
Mad Trapper
Reply to  RaymondNorman
24 days ago

What store besides Carr’s is still open and/or has things worth stealing?

Bares Fave
Bares Fave
Reply to  Mad Trapper
24 days ago

Cumberland Farms.

Meanwhile
Meanwhile
Reply to  Mad Trapper
24 days ago

Why do you want to know where there are things worth stealing MT?

Mad Trapper
Mad Trapper
Reply to  Meanwhile
24 days ago

So I can warn them about You.

Mad Trapper
Mad Trapper
24 days ago

Your US citizen tax dollars at work in Basstun……

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/program-under-far-left-boston-mayor-michelle-wu/

“Although her city is facing a massive $50 million deficit, far-left Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is funding (on the taxpayers’ dime) a program handing out vouchers to ‘queer and trans migrants and refugees’ so that they can treat themselves to massages, yoga classes, and ‘creative healing.’”

“A flyer for the program shared, “We’re offering $250–$500 wellness allowances for LGBTQ+ migrants in Boston to support their mental health and well-being through non-clinical care including yoga, meditation, creative healing, peer support, hair salon/ acupuncture & massages appointments and gym memberships etc.” ”

The majority of this money comes directly from the City of Boston’s fiscal year 2026 annual operating budget (taxpayers), with a smaller portion from private grants/donations.”

FYI “migrants and refugees” = CRIMINAL ALIENS

In this case exclusively LBGTWXYZ….. CRIMINAL ALIENS.

D- Mayor Wu and D-Gov Healey got an astounding roar of boos at the Sox Fenway opener. I wonder why?

Markus Aurelius
Markus Aurelius
24 days ago

After reading the article about Bitchfield “leaders” deciding to close down Morningside School one subject stood out to me.

Of the 374 students who attend there, 94 (25%) of them CANNOT SPEAK ENGLISH.

That’s approximately 4 full classrooms full of student, who cannot speak the language of the host country. How many teachers, counselors, SPED teachers, and other paraprofessionals, are needed for this?

Keep in mind, this is our tax money going down the toilet for illegal aliens.

To put it into perspective, in public schools in FL, approximately 10% of the students require English as a Second Language (ESL) classes.

In California, the number is 19%. In MA, it’s approximately 9%.

Now you know where the illegal alien families were dumped to help make “outsiders jealous of our diversity and inclusiveness,” Linda Flat-Tyer Clairmont, after receiving “state grant money,” to feed, educate, and house, illegal aliens in Bitchfield from the Boston area, during the Autopen illegal alien invasion of our country.

Pittsfield School Committee Votes to Close Morningside / iBerkshires.com – The Berkshires online guide to events, news and Berkshire County community information.

Sir CHAZ
Sir CHAZ
Reply to  Markus Aurelius
23 days ago

best way to teach a foreign child english is not to try. They pick it up perfectly in 2 years on their own. Given what they are being taught otherwise – they will exceed their native peers by 1) gaining fluency in a foreign language (English) and not learning the BS others are absorbing.

Meanwhile
Meanwhile
Reply to  Markus Aurelius
23 days ago

The Biblical Account: A Short but Potent NarrativeThe Tower of Babel narrative, as found in Genesis 11:1–9, is remarkably concise. In just nine verses, we are told that humanity, speaking a single language, migrated eastward and settled in the land of Shinar. There, they decided to build a city and a tower “with its top in the heavens,” using brick and bitumen. Their goal was to “make a name” for themselves and avoid being scattered across the earth.
But God descended to observe their construction. Troubled by their unified purpose and linguistic uniformity, He confused their language so they could no longer understand one another, and scattered them across the earth. The city was called Babel, “because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth.”
The power of this story lies in its brevity. It encapsulates a profound theological message: that human pride and ambition, when unmoored from divine guidance, lead to fragmentation. Yet this message also raises intriguing questions. Why did God fear a unified humanity? What kind of tower were they building? Where is Shinar, and what was Babel? Was there a real structure that inspired this legend?

Sir Chaz
Sir Chaz
Reply to  Meanwhile
23 days ago

That they should be like us, that’s why. Not even the aspiration to divinity, which is a challenge to natural order, is tolerable.

You shall have no other G-d but me/us. Explicitly in Exodus, but established in Genesis where in the beginning, we already were.

Can’t comprehend anything in the Bible without understanding Creation.

Since the tower is an idol, it’s gone – it’s ephemera.

Last edited 23 days ago by Sir Chaz