TWO-PETE GOVERNMENT: THE COLLECTIVE BRAIN POWER OF WET CEMENT … AND B-O-R-I-N-G
BY DAN VALENTI
PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY
(FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION DEC. 6-8, 2024) — At a recent duck-and goose soiree, someone asked THE PLANET why we weren’t covering Bitchfield politics as much these days. We put down our Macallan No. 6 single malt and pondered. It was a good question.
Macallan is a smoky scotch, “sweet and full, but not overly complex. Lots of sherry, plums, powdered sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg give it a silky, round mouthfeel (thewhiskeywash.com),” redolent with peat.
Peat, we say. Not Pete.
We gave a two-fold answer to the query. First, THE PLANET had much more interest in the presidential campaign as it unfolded in all its bizarre drama:
— Biden saying he was in it all the way then stepping down.
— Two assassination attempts on Trump.
— A cackling loser punching well above her weight class.
Trump’s TRiUMPh, in fact, is the Story of the Century.
Second, the political scene in Bitchfield has never been more boring. Our friend said that was itself a reason to take a peek. After another sip, we saw the point. Mediocrity has been lowered to a virtual art form, with dimwit Two Pete Government giving the corner office and council presidency the political savvy of wet cement. They’re great guys, though.
THE PLANET could write prose poems on the topic, starting with every member of the city council mailing it in, postage due. They meet twice a month for circle jerks in otherwise no-show jobs and simply aren’t worth the five-figure salaries and bennies. Simple solution is to make this (and the school committee) all volunteer. Then we’ll see who’s in it for public service and who’s isn’t.
Housing; snow removal; road maintenance; public safety; a derelict downtown; substandard performance in middle and high schools; uncontrolled, unconstrained, unrestricted, unchecked, unbridled, unlimited, unfettered, unshackled, untrammeled, uninhibited, unconfined, unimpeded, unhampered, unbounded, unsuppressed, undisciplined, uncontrollable public spending, taxes amounting to grand theft … ah, but we re-Pete ourselves.
There’s no more getting into any of it, because it’s simply too monotonous and unrelieved, a clown show of hicks and sticks.
So to all who are wondering about that question posed in the first paragraph, there’s your answer: It’s too boring and well beneath our pay scale.
Have a great weekend, everybody.
————————————————————
“A regret is the wish for a do-over that isn’t possible” — Sir Donald Turpentine, Knight of the Bath.
“OPEN THE WINDOW, AUNT MILLIE.”
LOVE TO ALL.
Copyright (c) 2024 By Dan Valenti, PLANET VALENTI and EUROPOLIS MANAGEMENT. All rights reserved. The views and opinions expressed in the comment section or in the text other than those of PLANET VALENTI are not necessarily endorsed by the operators of this website. PLANET VALENTI assumes no responsibility for such views and opinions, and it reserves the right to remove or edit any comment, including but not limited to those that violate the website’s Rules of Conduct and its editorial policies. Those who leave comments own all the responsibilities that are or can be attached to those comments, be they rhetorical, semantic, or legal. Such commentators remain solely responsible for what they post and shall be and remain solely accountable for their words. PLANET VALENTI shall not be held responsible for the consequences that may result from any posted comment or outside opinion or commentary as provided in, but not limited to, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and this website’s terms of service. We serve as a marketplace of ideas, without prejudice and available to all. All users of this site — including readers, commentators, contributors, or anyone else — hereby agree to these conditions by virtue of this notice and their use of/participation in this site. When PLANET VALENTI ends with the words “The Usual Disclaimer,” that phrase shall be understood to refer to the full text of this disclaimer.
December 06, 2024
Hello blogger Dan Valenti,
Pittsfield politics is always predictable. In 2024, the 2-Pete’s Pittsfield politics predictably pounds people’s purses. But it always the has been the same old failed management system of municipal government in Pittsfield going back to the early-1980’s (and probably even before then).
Why does the City of Pittsfield cost tens of millions more per fiscal year than similar small postindustrial cities, such as Westfield? There has to be an answer or answers. (There are no more Norman Rockwell paintings to sell).
My view of my native hometown (Pittsfield, Mass.)’s excessive municipal spending is that the city government sees everything and everyone as sources of revenues. It is not about the city’s lousy public services, but rather, it is really about riding the gravy train of public dollars.
But what if you are not one of the lucky few who gets to ride the gravy train? Then you work multiple low- to moderate-income jobs, pay taxes to a corrupt one-party state and local government, and call yourself….a doormat on a good day, or a toilet for the corrupt career politicians and their useless bureaucrats to shit on during the bad days….and your name is the fictional Mary Jane and Joe Kapanski hard-working-class family who lives and is stuck in the PITTS!
JON MELLE
Why don’t you join forces with CC President Pete White and defeat your cuz Mayor Pete who you now seem to despise? You guys could hit it off and be the kings of Pittsfield and the action figure community a win win for you Jonny plus you to could talk politics and Project 2025 everyday 24/7
I am very disappointed with the 2-Pete’s Pittsfield politics in 2024. It smells of Nuciforo’s disgraced legacy of corruption, especially the $341,000 in city free cash that Luciforo pocketed from Mayor Peter Marchetti’s stupid settlement with the pot kings & queens of Bitchfield, mASS. Meanwhile, the fictional Kapanski’s are paying an average of over $6,000 per fiscal year in municipal taxes & fees, while the millionaire Andrea Francesco Nuciforo Junior lives in his $950,000 mansion in Pittsfield’s elitist Gated Community west of Berkshire Community College. I wished that Nuciforo was in prison before he goes to Hell to rot there for eternity.
You are correct with the re-Pete message the city keeps giving. Not only do we have the Thanksgiving double time rides to no where by the city public works (could be a new Arlo song) but to make matters worse they decided to double down and do it this morning as I saw the “sidewalk” plow and a city plow drive by doing nothing at 5am this morning. I’m sure ot figures in this mornings ride as well. I feel the emptiness of the Kapanski’s wallets bringing me to despair
Yup. And at some point Bitchfield will look at your house and raise its assessment ten fold.
No, they just spend more money, raise the budget 5%, and then they spend even more than what they ‘budgeted.’ Then they raise the tax rate (or lower it if they can raise assessments) to get more of your money.
Fake Budgets means higher taxes.
What you want is for them to make a rule that changes the budget are structured into fresh budget hearings and the new budget gets a number and is recorded as a financial report. The close of the year should report each forcast and be a record of spending compliance.
Don’t know where you’ve been but in the past 30 years when money is needed the prime resource for an increase is to raise assessments.
The other thing is many don’t want to sell they’re force to. And after capital gains tax bites you in the ass there goes your so called property value increase.
Selling because you’re forced to is too late.
Unfortunately the Kapanski’s have to pay for who the cabal selected to run the city!! Someday I have faith the voters and citizens of the Pitts will wake up and realize they are being duped by their city officials!
SHIRL
This can only happen if we see a new type of person running for office: independent, intelligent, with integrity. Someone who isn’t afraid of overturning a few tables. A slate, not just a person. #1 need: Reduce the size and spending of govt and pass savings to homeowners and businesses with real tax relief.
Clean Slate Party.
I can’t wait for Tom Bowman’s trip through Pittsfield and mASSachusetts.
He can pickup D-Gov Maura Healey and D-mayor of Boston Wu, to take for a well deserved stay in the crowbar hotel.
Will Pittsfield’s mayor Pete, tag along for the ride too?
If mASSachsetts gets real lucky, Lieawatha Warren will open her mouth some more and get free Federal accommodations too!
I agree. As Tom Homan said, “If these liberals are willing to go to jail over the deportations, I’m willing to put them there. Good for Tom.
Out of here….
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ice-seattle-king-county/2024/12/03/id/1190209/
We can call her Wawa
Let’s hope the two Pete’s don’t even think about doing this !
https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2024/11/26/your-tax-dollars-at-work-in-checks-notes-md-paying-illegals-
legal-fees-n3797385
What is there to cover? Pittsfield has gone quiet, and gentle as a lamb. Even the loss of garbage collection didn’t cause anyone to stir from the palliative cannabis haze that gets them through the day. With the city in this roofied state anything is possible. Expect more traffic calming experiments, for starters.
OFF
Great point. No one’s saying nothing. No accountability. A VEDDY BAD combination for taxpayers and honest folk.
The Pete’s and oh there’s have their Cush gigs friends and Everything will be watered down concerning the Kapanski’s. The more comment Dan talking of quality of life in Bitchfield,last week I went to visit a patient at b m c when I came out I was literally almost coked of Asphyxiation as a construction company was tarring the walk and I breathed the fumes as did a few others. Then I walked up to my car and some bozo sideswiped it. I
Look on the bright side we have wimpy White, lord of the fries.
HERB, you are HOT!!
Wimpy White, Lord of the Fries, is the name of the year for a Planet Award IMO.
The name and title just sum up the type of man Wimpy White is.
A typical MA democRAT.
Well I know one of the issues surrounding the state of the “quiet Kapanski’s_ is the younger generation gets all their “news” from Tik Tok. They had no idea about the new “rule” of garbage collection in the city. Seems the new younger Kapanski’s are oblivious to what is going on. The city leaders have them so dumbed down that they don’t give a crap what the older Kapanski’s think because they won’t be here much longer.
Wouldn’t unworthy cover it all?
I saw the finance committee meeting about the merry go round. All I can say is mayor lumpy please get some sport jackets that fit.. I thought you were going to split the back seam…. And do you think you have any sport jackets that you could actually button? Why not spend a few bucks at Stephen Valenti’s? And for god sake buy a few neckties. Maybe folks could send you neckties care of city hall.
GOB
Great idea. Perhaps THE PLANET can organize a SEND THE MAYOR A TIE program. What say?
Excellent idea
IF you’re going to spend your money, then write a petition and take it from Free Cash.
Probably for clip on ties . It’s more his style
How about some antibuse or box of fruit.
What did they propose to do with the carousel gift???
I hope the taxpayers don’t want the cost of moving it!
There is a theory it should be sold. That assumes there is a customer who either already worked up a market plan or wants to. The problem it has already been built and established, and whoever piloted it chose the cheapest and worse location. Bad location yields no traffic and therefore, no opportunity to address other problems.
I would have wanted it at the Home Depot Walmart Market 32 anchor. It’s all guesswork and hypothesis. Since there is not a single person who really knows what choices would work, that one at least tests the location based on mass transit of customers.
Put it at p e d a with all the other merry go rounds.
It’s a great work of craftsmanship and all but I doubt it would ever make money. Who remembers going to the carnival or fireman’s muster at wahconah park and wanting to go on a ride and all your parents would allow is a dopey ride on the merry go round.
We know for sure, without need of experimenting, that the City is incapable of making those horses turn.
They would first have to add some calming devices like speed bumps and cut outs,,,it’s for the safety of the child you know
Who would have ever thought that the town folks would not be lining up to get the thrill of a lifetime riding the carousel. Next to the Liver On A Stick booth the merry go round line is always the longest at any amusement park. While it is a magnificent creation and a work of art it belongs in a museum, not in a vacant lot with no other draw around for kids.
I agree with Chaz why can’t the city lease it for a short term instead owning it ? If a kid from Dalton can raise $ 175,000 from selling doughnuts and hot cocoa, and Kamala can raise $1.4 million for her failed bid to beat orange man. We could raise the money for the carousel, but they need a strategy and a plan to move forward with it.
$1,4 Billion, with a “B.” And for all that, she ended up $20 million in debt. Some Funny Money there, for sure.
Put is back on the tax rolls, and it will be solved quickly
Next month (January 2025), PAC Man Richie Neal will begin his 19th 2-year term in the U.S. Congress. He represents the Swamp’s K Street corporate lobbyist firms, especially the big insurance companies, other financial firms, and the healthcare industry.
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/pm_richie_neal_thank
Meanwhile, the fictional Kapanski’s are stuck living in the PITTS that is also called BITCH-field (Mass.) with the 2-Pete’s Pittsfield politics pounding people’s purses with an average municipal tax and fees bill(s) exceeding $6,000.00 per fiscal year, as well as the do-nothing (but DISSERVICES), corrupt career politicians in Boston’s secretive Statehouse, and U.S. Representative Richard Neal filling his campaign coffers with millions of dollars from greedy lobbyists even more greedier than greedy lobbyist Dan Bosley, GE lobbyist Peter Larkin, and all of the other sellouts in Boston and beyond.
I miss Silvio Conte.
The past is gone forever. Be the next SC.
dMEMocrats would ask if I was CHRISTIAN
Typical Masshole Democrat that you continually tout.
But wait is there anyone else that is absolutely nauseated when they see the Bart Simpson hairdo phoney bastard Patrick Kavey or is it just me? Once he opens his mouth I just vomit.
Same with PcTvee Stooge. I could puke. And the hour of Face caressing. What the hell is that.
Kavey has been a useless POS for years now. I got insulted when I asked about his stance/position on a city matter. But dimwit/demented Democrats still vote for him.
Like PITTSfields Petey’s, D-Healey, and D-Lieawatha Warren.
Be fair. Who could vote for anyone else?
Elmer Fudd, would be a huge upgrade from Kavey, as would would Jethro Bodine.
Just like Ricky Rupmus, who made a HUGE jump on upper Holmes rd!
Children will be able take their Flexible Fliers from Williams St to launch, on Rumpis’s un-plowed roads,
Just get a jump then pickup at Dickson’s Auto.
Not Advance Auto. Joe et al are still nice guys who know their shit
Corporate take over
.
Sorry corporate BS hit you Joe, MERRY CHRISTMAS for your service to PITSSfield
But nobody runs. And then they complain.
But did he tell anyone to do their fucking job?
https://www.iberkshires.com/story/77420/MassHire-Workforce-Board-Thanks-Pignatelli-For-His-Advocacy.html
Sarcasm: Thank you for retiring, Smitty Pignatelli; now go away, far away, & please do NOT return to politics.
Can YOU do the same?
You’re absolutely right Dan about the city Council meetings that I only had goes on to weekdays a month and the rest of the time you’re lucky if you can get a hold of a counselor, but my big question is how much money is the cities paying at 100 N. Street Teresa offices because they’re supposedly not enough room at City Hall
I see the former mayor wanted to make sure that she got credit for the new housing for the homeless. The truth of the matter is, it’s not her to do her credit is due to the taxpayers they went before the city Council complaining about the homeless situation well, that’s also gave her credit for the scooters that went out of business and the bike lanes that everybody hates.
She can claim property tax increases higher water rates, Dum dum appointments,wasted a r p a giveouts,high crime rate, bad roads and layouts,do we need to go on. And she gets reward PEDA with a Cush job at Kennedy u.
The main reason that Pittsfield politics seems boring is because the current administration completely lacks communication skills. A few examples, the Holmes and Oak Hill Roads where Morales created speed bumps. It never crossed Mayor Hissy Fits mind that these latest brilliant ideas should have been shared with the Fire and Police Department? Of course not, let’s just cause damage to the fire trucks. Did Mayor Hissy Fit and Morales ever consider how these 11 speed bumps delays emergency response to residents in the Oak Hill neighborhood? Kudos to Councilor Persip for his attempt to bring this up at the council meeting. Unfortunately, his questions upset Mayor Hissy Fit. He stood there red-faced and had a major shit fit, well beyond his normal hissy fit. His face was so red I thought the scruffy hair was going to burn off his face. How many potholes could have been filled with the blacktop used in these speed bumps?
There was a complete lack of communication with the plowing of the streets today. Why is it that 3 different plow trucks drove up and down my street with their plows up. What’s this costing taxpayers. Is there no one monitoring these plow trucks?
Over a year ago the 36 residents of my street received a letter from City Hall signed by Morales stating that our street would be corrected from the complete disaster of them narrowing it causing flooding, ruining lawns and driveways. NOTHING was done, ONE YEAR, the residents waited for this promise to be fulfilled, so evidently when the administration communicates by written signed letters, they just lie. We were also told in person by Mayor Hissy Fit, Porkchop White, Bike Lane Morales , and our totally absent, non-responding Councilor Noto that our street would be corrected. Why is Mayor Hissy Fit allowing Morales to continue screwing up the streets of Pittsfield? Does Morales have something on Mayor Hissy Fit?
It’s almost a year that the Mayor and City Council have been in office, and I can’t see where they have done anything to HELP the taxpayers! They just keep adding charges.
I attended the totor roll outs and it was never mentioned that they would be fining taxpayers. Must be nice to make up rules and laws as they see fit. Also, why is it they can fine taxpayers for not shoveling their walks but it’s okay for the city to not shovel the sidewalks on the bridges around the city?
From an article in the local paper about the pay scale for private plow drivers.
The pay for driving a contract plow for the city depends on the size and weight of your truck: $85 per hour for three-quarter ton pickup trucks, $203 an hour for 10-wheel trucks equipped with front and wing plows. Barboratta says 80 percent of drivers are equipped with a one-ton pickup, and earn $107 hourly.
Sounds reasonable. Each axle or wheel pair increases the drag and cost to run the vehicle.
Careful you may be in line for a double b*tch slap!!
They have learned the secret. The city officials own the communication seeing how the haterag is in their corner. If they don’t say anything no one will know what the hell is going on. I’m pretty sure they continue to meet out of the public eye and talk city business. Their handlers are always close by so the can eat the scraps they are given. So all in all business as usual in the B*tchfield polluted swamp
Microchip the reporters.
Better yet microchip city leaders and have their routes shown on the city website at all times so we can see where and when they meet in private
Give it to the G Pod Girls who were mandated to clean up the sawdust from the creation of that beautiful herd. We built this city.
With the recent arrest of Boston City Clowncilor and defund the police supporter, Tonia Fernandes Anderson, for federal fraud charges, we can only hope that Trump’s DOJ shines a light on the corruption in Bitchfield.
*All of the unneeded Ricky Rumpus’ projects tied into “state grant money.”
*Accepting illegal aliens for “state grant money.”
*African vacations on the taxpayer dime.
They even reference Shirley’s fraudulent African vacation in this story. Not one documented success story of any of Shirl’s underlings (college graduation, gainfully employed, etc). NOT ONE!!
R.O.P.E. founder Shirley Edgerton will be honored for the program’s ‘life-changing’ and empowering programming for young women | Central Berkshires | berkshireeagle.com
*Over $1,000,000 in tax money to the BBEC, which hasn’t produced a single job for non-family members and/or friends of AJ Enchill. Very similar to the link below of Tonia Anderson.
Boston city councilor arrested on federal public corruption charges, pleads ‘not guilty’
Fernandes Anderson, esteemed Boston city councilor, came to America from Africa as an illegal. A Muslim. Later got her citizenship. She put her sister ($85,000) and son ($65,000) on her staff payroll. Later paid a $5K fine for that. When sworn in this January, she refused to say the oath of office. They had to arrange a special service for that to get done. The Feds busted her a couple days ago, charging her with accepting bribes in, of all places, the Ladies Room at city hall. She gave a staffer (turns out to be another of her relatives!) a $13,000 bonus, $7,000 of which was kicked back in cash. And that’s just what they’ve caught her doing. Now, as for Bitchfield, yes, if the new DOJ starts poking around, they’re gonna find out some interesting things. Maybe start with the (ahem) ARPA money. All THE PLANET knows is that power (P) plus lots of public money (lPm) times lack of accountability (LoA) equals corruption (C): P+lPm(Loa) = C
Sunday, December 08, 2024
Hello blogger Dan Valenti,
What about Pittsfield’s own named Andrea Francesco Nuciforo Junior?
The Boston Globe reported a little less than 18 years ago now, way back in January 2007, that Nuciforo allegedly illegally double-dipped from 1999 – 2006 as a State Senator in Boston who chaired the Senate Finance Committee while at the same time he served a private sector Attorney for Boston’s big banks and insurance companies prior to Nuciforo stepping down from his elected position as Pittsfield’s State Senator at the end of 2006?
How is the world was all of this printed in The Boston Globe in early-January 2007, but Nuciforo was never charged with a state and/or federal crime(s), while countless other Boston area politicians were and are charged with state and/or federal crimes for lesser alleged criminal offenses?
Then there were the later news stories and editorials in The Boston Globe about Nuciforo’s marijuana company “Berkshire Roots” that stated that Nuciforo had used his political connections in Boston and Pittsfield alike, and that he had “deep pockets” of wealthy investors, while many other less fortunate people had to wait to receive their pot permits.
Given that Nuciforo was a double-dipper whereby from 1999 – 2006 he allegedly illegally enriched himself as a State Senator and a corporate Attorney with Boston’s insurance companies and the like, and in present-day, late-2024, Nuciforo still has a law office in Boston’s Financial District, Nuciforo’s deep-pockets of investors in his marijuana business “Berkshire Roots” seems to be not only very questionable and suspicious, but also, it may be allegedly illegal.
Nuciforo is a millionaire. He is an Attorney in Pittsfield and Boston alike. He is a landlord in Pittsfield and Boston alike. He runs his marijuana company “Berkshire Roots” that was founded in March 2017. He has a residence in Boston. He has a residence in Pittsfield in the city’s elitist Gated Community neighborhood whereby he lives in a $950,000 mansion that is only 0.3 miles from former Mayor Linda Tyer and millionaire Barry Clairmont’s mansion.
Earlier in 2024, Nuciforo received a pot settlement of $341,000.00 from the City of Pittsfield’s FREE CASH account(s). He knew what he was doing when he paid for his pot permits in Pittsfield (Massachusetts) years ago, but in 2024, he wanted his money back after making millions of dollars being a drug dealer of marijuana products.
20 years earlier, Nuciforo and billionaire John Forbes Kerry wore matching tuxedos when the co-hosted John Kerry’s presidential fundraiser, but George W. Bush won re-election in 2004. Nuciforo kissing John Kerry’s behind got him nowhere.
You, blogger Dan Valenti, and other blog posters write about minorities and/or women who received public funds and allege corruption in Pittsfield politics and Boston alike, but it always amazes me that Nuciforo usually gets a free pass from his legacy of corruption in state politics, his law practice(s), and Massachusetts’ relatively new multi-billion-dollar marijuana industry.
Jon Melle
Hey man why get mad and feel like you got kicked in the nads? Stop by Berkshire Roots and pickup a primo preroll and you’ll be glad. So no more hatred and scorn. Fire it up kick back and enjoy your favorite porn.
I cannot ever go back to Pittsfield (Mass.) because Luciforo mean-spiritedly mistreated MElle for over the past 28.5-years now. But if I wore John Forbes Kerry’s fancy shoes, Pittsfield’s Pot King (of lawsuits) would offer me one of his primo preroll pot products if I entered one of the two Berkshire Roots marijuana dispensary on Dalton Avenue in Pittsfield or in east Boston. To Nuciforo, John Kerry is a billionaire who lives in luxury on Beacon Hill in Boston, while Jon Melle is a Have-NOT who is from a working-class and underclass family in Pittsfield. In closing John Kerry is full of HOT AIR, Jon Melle fears Luciforo’s EVIL, and Nuciforo is a piece of shit.
It’s almost like you never left
John, You are a weak sister blow hard.
Nothing else.
When on the very rare occasion, You talk coherent, YOU blow it with more idiocy.
Poor councilor, she had to embezzle to pay off an ethics fine. You can’t make that shit up.
She ran into money problems. Making $115,000/yr, not counting graft.
You mean it was not strictly to pay the ethics fine? Now I’m shocked, absolutely shocked. Maybe they should have escorted her out the building when she refused to take the oath?
And whoever voted for her should be sent packing!
Danno. What’s Lo ultihpmo en el judicio…Pedro?
We do our ^ job.
Following federal law and not obstructing law enforcement is protecting the constitution. What a delusional and ridiculous spin.
The Berkshire Eagle finally runs an article about all the ICE arrests here in Berkshire County, but it’s mostly about the procedural aspects of the arrests. Our DA Shugrue complaining that when ICE arrests criminals in mid-prosecution, there is no justice for the victims. No mention, however, of how we got into this mess in the first place. Of course there wouldn’t be because that would mean discussing illegal immigration and that’s an off limits discussion here in Berkshire County. We wouldn’t have victims if these dangerous people were not allowed in the country in the first place and local politicians and law enforcement know it.
The Eagle can’t even write a truthful headline. They are not Berkshire residents. They are illegal immigrants who are hiding here. Many have also committed crimes. Thank god ICE is doing their jobs and Bumbles doesn’t have them standing down. The Eagle will need another GoFundMe. RIP
Always they talk about Justice. It’s the Law they are supposed to pursue.
True. If the Democrats followed the law and didn’t allow illegal immigrants, many of whom are criminals, to just pour into our country then we wouldn’t have victims of their crimes. Americans support legal immigration. The Berkshire Eagle and those on the left here want to spin this as ICE vs. justice for the victims of illegal immigrant crime. Do they know how crazy that sounds?!? ICE is trying to follow the law by removing these dangerous individuals The Eagle says these people were not turned in by our locals. I’m really not sure that’s a good thing if they are criminals. It all comes back to following the law.
Tom Bowman is coming for mASSholes
mASSaccusetts Legislators, and criminals they are, and they are harboring
Crowbar hotel for both.
The Berkshire Regional Planning Commission is a failure. The area’s distressed and very unequal regional economy has gotten worse in the Berkshires over the past 50 years. Worse, the area’s polluted land, water and air have not been adequately addressed in Berkshire County with its capped leaky landfills that are ticking time bombs.
The 32 Berkshire-municipalities always excessively increase local taxes and fees, while the area’s population shrinks, the middle-class shrinks, the need for costly social services grows, and a single living wage job in Pittsfield or North Adams is about as common in the Berkshires as Dan Bosley helping immigrant families to live in North Adams when he is not busy being a greedy lobbyist in Boston, Nuciforo NOT filing his pot lawsuits to bust pot unions and receive a 6-figure check from Pittsfield’s taxpayers, and PAC Man Richie Neal NOT representing the Swamp’s K Street corporate lobbyist firms, especially big insurance companies.
https://www.iberkshires.com/story/77415/BRPC-Plans-for-Steep-Cuts-in-Funding.html
Holy Shit! I agree with you Mele! BRPC has a 6.6 million dollar budget. They provide a lot of duplicated services. County Government was dissolved long time ago, and so should they. If we could only streamline and merge all of the duplicated services into one, we would be on the road to saving taxpayers money.
Don’t hold your breath a democrat run government will never take less from the downtrodden, only more. Save $6 million here and they will spend $12 million somewhere else with a friend of theirs.
And then they will spin the 12 million they spent like they saved taxpayers some money.
Why does it feel like the a r p a money was just pissed away?
It vanished into thin air. A 42 million dollar magic trick.
Because it was and they didn’t put it towards the sewer which cleans the piss, so what did they leave us with exactly? Can someone say audit please?
I saw this quote today in an article and it also fits perfectly into your post.
“Why does it feel like the a r p a money was just pissed away?”
As Milton Friedman put it, “Few people spend other people’s money as carefully as they
spend their own.”
It was pure sickness and misery that bleed out the grant.
They oughta use him as a luge for the Winter Olympics
This reads like po*$;
https://www.telegram.com/story/news/local/2024/12/09/worcester-police-investigation-takeaways/76872708007/
B. R M V is causing more mayhem than good with suspension of drivers licenses as they have now received info from out of state infractions
and add it on to your license here..Many of these infractions have been adjudicated where they came from.
Its enough for the RMV to add the out of state suspension but it is cruel and unusual punishment to fine AGAIN ? twenty times the original fine in some cases.
That’s the r m v for you. No oversight.where are the against poor me groups on this. Oh,that’s right it would open up the illegal driver can of worms. After all you know they’re all good drivers with no past history of driving records?
Imagine sitting in your house and you get a letter saying your license is suspended do to an out of state infraction 10 years ago? You do two things,pay a hefty fine AGAIN,hire a lawyer and fight it,or get a hearing which takes months while your license is still suspended. .
I know of someone who recently had their license suspended for an infraction in 1994. They had all the documentation that they did everything required of them, paid all the fees and fines. Had no issues in the time since. Had to hire a lawyer to fight it.
They got hosed. It’s called double woke jeopardy.
Dan is correct about the dull city council. Other than The new council on aging Director getting a standing ovation? the mayor wiped his nose and shook her hand, it wasn’t very exciting at all.
Massachusetts Governor Healey and the other far leftists are doubling down on protecting all illegal immigrants including criminals. The safety of Massachusetts citizens is no longer a priority of the politicians in this state. They are playing political games because they don’t like President-elect Trump. Massachusetts residents who have been the victims of crimes from illegal immigrants are the ones not being protected.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/democrats-blue-state-double-down-protecting-criminal-migrants-silly-reason
Yes our dear local blue nut coocoo Guernsey wrote that the sheriff was wrong and should have let the child rapist go free from jail where he would have disappeared to another part of the country to rape again. My thought is he should have been held without bail as he is a danger to society but our Masshole judges came up with a $5,000.00 bail which anyone could pay. They really don’t get it or the blues really don’t care, I’m conflicted as to which version to believe.
Could be both.
Let the court “volunteer” Sherwood’s own house, to let these child sex-offenders reside with him on house arrest.
You’d see Sherwood disappear faster than a triple-meat burger would in Wimpy White’s grubby hands.
NIMBY-the older, white, liberal-loon, democRAT, mantra.
Administration is definitely trying to piss taxpayers off. She defies Trumps edict which she can’t, it’s federal then Ma. Will pay the financial penalty.
I think Healey and the left want us to pay the price financially…punishment for anyone who voted for Trump in this state. Victims of a crime by an illegal immigrant with a criminal background could sue the state for not reporting them.
PAT A most interesting, and plausible, theory.
I don’t believe the governor or any state legislature would have absolute immunity for blatantly violating federal law.
If it comes out of their pocket, or if Trump’s IRS uses one of the 87,000 agents to crawl up their finances with the IRS’ microscope, I’m sure they’ll back down FAST.
Bathhouse (Xiden) provided the blueprint for all of this. Good thing though, MAGA are clean as a whistle.
The democRATS are jumping ship. What does that tell you?
Letter: Pittsfield traffic stop was not in the holiday spirit
The Berkshire Eagle, December 07, 2024
To the editor: I am writing this letter to express my disappointment in the Pittsfield Police Department and their lack of holiday spirit.
I feel Pittsfield has been on a consistent decline with crime, and we have people begging for money at every corner, but the PPD chooses to turn a blind eye to those activities. But let a car decorated for Christmas go by, and that is when they decide to “uphold the law.”
How do they decide who to pull over and who to allow to display decorations? Plenty of other cars (both personal and commercial) are decorated, but I guess it depends on how Grinchy the particular officer is.
Loosen up a little, PPD (or at least the one officer). Spend more time fighting the real issues of your city, and let the rest of the community enjoy the holiday spirit. The world is way too dark lately; a little Christmas cheer is kind of what we all need right now.
Carrie Kittler, Dalton
Maybe start ticketing Bikes going the wrong way, going through red lights and drivers on their phones. And yes, let’s get the vagrants out of the road.
But the clowns going ninety on south st. aren’t even monitored.
December 11, 2024
Hello blogger Dan Valenti,
Please read Smitty Pignatelli’s online radio interview.
What did he mean that: “Social media has created a monster in so many ways with our interacting with our elected officials.”? Is Smitty Pignatelli against FREE SPEECH? Is Smitty Pignatelli for RETRIBUTION? Smitty Pignatelli sounds similar to Mayor Peter Marchetti when he said he is not a fan of social media and blogs, and that he wanted a 90-day grace period free from criticisms of his then new mayoral administration back in early-2024.
What did Smitty Pignatelli mean when he said that the state auditor’s looking into the (“cooked”) books of the state legislature will lead to public seeing the “sensitive” settlements in the nondisclosure agreements? Why don’t we know how much state tax dollars went into settling state lawmakers’ respective inappropriate behaviors with others who work in the Boston Statehouse? Who are these state lawmakers who have cost state taxpayers money, and what did they do?
What did he mean that when he was first sworn in as a State Rep. in Boston, he was part of an amazing delegation?
The Berkshire delegation back in 2003 consisted of the then corrupt State Sen. Andrea Nuciforo, Jr., who is a disgraced double-dipper with the big insurance companies in the Boston area, and Nuciforo is the owner of the marijuana company “Berkshire Roots”; State Rep. Dan Bosley, who is a pro-big- business greedy lobbyist in Boston; State Rep. Peter Larkin, who has long been a GE lobbyist who made a small fortune for himself by selling out Pittsfield with the GE settlements that led to the flawed capped leak landfills, which Smitty Pignatelli supports in Lee (Mass.); and Shaun Kelly, who went to work as a clerk in the Berkshire state courthouse system.
Please follow-up with Smitty Pignatelli. I would like to know why people writing on social media have created a monster in his mind, please. I would like to know if he thinks that we should know about the costly nondisclosure agreements in the Boston Statehouse, please. I would like to know why he is so fond of Nuciforo, Bosley, Larkin, and Kelly, please, given that they are all greedy in their respective post-Statehouse careers.
Best wishes,
Jon Melle
https://www.wamc.org/news/2024-12-09/we-may-be-entering-a-very-challenging-time-retiring-southern-berkshire-state-rep-pignatelli-wraps-up-long-tenure
Got our own do nothing here with Pittsfield Bubba. I’m sure Dan’s contemplating another 90 days at some point.
December 11, 2024
Hello blogger Dan Valenti,
Sherwood Guernsey wants immigrants to be granted bail prior to their trials by juries instead of being held in the county jail for ICE to review their cases.
Sherwood Guernsey argues that Sheriff Tom Bowler and ICE are supporting the government circumventing immigrants’ constitutional rights to a speedy trial to determine their guilt or innocence in a court of law.
Sherwood Guernsey is an old wealth, Ivy League educated member of the elitist wing of the Democratic Party who supported Kamala Harris for U.S. President in 2024. She was a progressive prosecutor, but two years earlier in 2022, Sherwood Guernsey wrote a letter denouncing then Berkshire County District Attorney Andrea Harrington, who is also a progressive prosecutor, but 2 + 2 = 5 in politics sometimes.
Sherwood Guernsey is a former Massachusetts State Representative, an unsuccessful candidate for U.S. Congress, and a latte limousine liberal who is a prime illustration as to why the Democratic Party lost the working-class vote to Donald Trump, the 53 – 47 U.S. Senate, the 220 – 215 U.S. House of Representatives, and the majority conservative Justices on the U.S. Supreme Court, in 2024.
If we were all as wealthy and privileged as Sherwood Guernsey, then we would not mention that immigrants are working some of the jobs that U.S. Citizens are competing for, the housing crisis, whereby many law-abiding people are priced out of owning and retaining a home, and the high rate of U.S. inflation whereby the government is spending many billions of dollars per fiscal year to provide costly social services and public education for the influx of immigrants during the Biden administration – not to mention our nation’s huge and growing larger in numbers underclass population.
I wish that I could make somewhere around $200,000 plus state government public perks per fiscal year for life like Sheriff Tom Bowler. I also wish that I were a trust fund baby with millions of dollars in my financial accounts like old wealth Sherwood Guernsey. But I am the Have-NOT from Pittsfield (Massachusetts) named Jon Melle, whose last name comes from a small town named Melle, Piedmont, Italy, which has a far right national woman leader running Italy who openly supports Mussolini, but, once again, 2 + 2 = 5.
Jon Melle
Letter: “Berkshire sheriff should put constitutional rights first”
The Berkshire Eagle, December 11, 2024
To the editor: I was surprised when I read the Dec. 7 Eagle article (“Recent ICE arrests of Berkshire residents spark debate over immigration detainers and justice for victims”) about Berkshire Sheriff Thomas Bowler’s cooperation with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement and his support for a bill to be able to hold immigrants even longer for ICE to come.
By cooperating with ICE before a trial to determine the defendant’s guilt or innocence, the sheriff is undermining and defying the Constitution of our country. The right to a fair trial by jury is enshrined in the Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which states that “in all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury of the state and district where the crime was committed.”
Our criminal laws are established by our democratic process. It is in the hands of the district attorney to prosecute under those laws to determine guilt or innocence. I do not see how it is up to a sheriff, or to ICE, to circumvent that process by notifying ICE to remove the defendant before he’s proven guilty. He is a potentially innocent man.
Everyone agrees that public safety is a critical concern. There is no disagreement there. That is why we have a Constitution and the laws of our society to be enforced in criminal matters by the district attorney.
It is not up to the sheriff to say whether a defendant is guilty or assume his guilt. He or she is only a public safety hazard if guilty.
By notifying ICE so that they can come and grab the defendant before he has a chance to prove his innocence, the sheriff is in effect acting like judge and jury.
I believe the sheriff is a good and honorable leader. I urge him to reconsider his position with regard to cooperation with ICE and support our Constitution and our district attorney.
Sherwood Guernsey, Williamstown
Was Guernesy in the same fraternity with Luigi?
Dan, you are not really bringing it anymore. Your schtick is old and your cast of characters here just bitch about everything, without bringing any constructive options to promote.
Do your fucking job.
Lumpy, is this you?
Pittsfield Public Schools with another DEI home run. Go Joe Curtis.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/dean-pittsfield-high-school-and-one-other-charged-cocaine-trafficking-conspiracy
Did you know they offer a course in large scale drug operations in Bitchfield Public Schools?
No? Well, they do…or did I should say. It was taught by DEI hir….I mean Dean of Students, Lavonte Wiggins.
Lavonte and his buddy, Theodore Warren, also from Bitchfield, got popped by the feds with enough cocaine to make Tony Montanya blush.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/dean-pittsfield-high-school-and-one-other-charged-cocaine-trafficking-conspiracy
**It makes you wonder if there is any nexus with the Dean of Students and any other recipient of the ARPA reparations, or I mean ARPA awards given out in Bitchfield.
If only we had a real inquiring press locally, it could make for a good investigative story.
If it turns up no connection, I’m sure plenty of fraud would be uncovered in the interim, regarding the ARPA payments and its intended use and what it’s really being used for.
He started his “business” with a loan from the BBEC after graduating from the “ROPES” and Drum circle class!!
Did Lavonte actually go to and graduate from college? Phys Ed? Is he certified to teach?
https://www.iberkshires.com/story/77455/PHS-Dean-Arrested-on-Federal-Drug-Charges.html
Whaaaat? Not Levante it can’t be true.
By any chance was he a DEI hire?
Probably yes because drug traffickers are under represented in the school department workforce.
Probably
Dean of Students at Pittsfield High arrested for trafficking cocaine. Lavante Wiggins is not a role model.
Not surprised the PCT Stooge hasn’t said anything on this great educator from his basement bunker. Stooge?
Check out his Facebook friends.
Yes. But Super Joe said they’re still committed to the safety of the students.
Why did he need to do that? He makes good money there.
Depends on what you’re rolling!
Joe Curtis didn’t return a call to the Eagle for comment on this. For his salary I expect him to have a comment.
And didn’t return a call from The Boston Herald, the Boston Globe, the Springfield Republican, MassLive, and a whole list of other media in New England. THE PLANET didn’t bother. That’s course for the par in Bitchfield.
It will be interesting to see if Dumpster brings half the outrage he had for that Evel Knievel jump on Holmes Road.
Hey Kenny Warren! Is Monty your cousin?
No. This guy has nice teeth.
https://www.jewishberkshires.org/jewish-federation-of-the-berkshires/federation-program-how-to-deter-detect-defend-against-identity-theft/
Dans playing chess while the dirty bird and pctv stooge play checkers.
3 D Chess actually.
Funny thing is also Pittsfields police blotter omitted the arrest of Wiggins. Just stated Search on East st. Guess he still has some friends on the force.
Stabbing in Sir Chaz’s former ward 2 last night.
You’d be surprised past and present who is on the steroids list over the last 10 years.
Customers or friends?
Public Service Announcement. To all of you dumbass’s who have there cardboard sticking out of your recycling totes. Buy a box cutter knife ($1.99) and cut up your cardboard. Then close the lid. Thank You.
So an illegal in California drunk driving just mowed down a little girl in California. Dead. But in Massachusetts the r m v is giving out Licences like candy and reps here are leading the way on it. What a fucking joke.
I’ve seen hundreds of totes overfilled? With garbage!!!!
They seem to be getting picked up to, I thought they said they would not pick up totes that aren’t completely shut
Anyone care or remember the little girl killed on Plunkett street.Where was the Justice? No one held accountable? Really.
We remember well.
Because the woman who killed that little girl Heather and by extension her father was a sociopath and a junkie who worked for the cops.
Luckily for us she’s dead now, but she made a good living ruining people’s lives
Channel 13 news says.Only time will tell if the dean will keep his job or not. Seems they think he had an aquaintance of some kind feeding info?