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COUNTERPOINT: THE CASE FOR J-LO AS COUNCIL PREZ … PLANET PREDICTS NO CHANGE AFTER WARD 5 RECOUNT … & THE EV WORLDWIDE CON KING SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THURSDAY, NOV. 17, 2011) — Nothing is ever as it seems in politics, especially the inbred nature of Pittsfield politics. “Inbred” in this case refers to the narrow confines of the city when it comes to connections, links, and this-one-knowing-that-one … to say nothing […]

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MORE ON ‘THE INCIDENT AT MAZZEO’s’ … plus … PLANET RECOMMENDS SHERMAN AS NEXT COUNCIL PRESIDENT … and … COUNCIL SHOULD ADOPT A NEW RULE BOOK

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 16, 2011) — For whatever reason, my Right Honorable Good Friends councilors John Krol and Jonathan Lothrop have drawn the ire and the fire of many Dan Bianchi, Melissa Mazzeo, and “Alternate” supporters. It’s an interesting phenomenon to observe, and it appears […]

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STOREFRONT AFFRONTERY or WHY THE BORING BROADSHEET HAS LOST ALL CREDIBILITY … plus … TOWN OF LEE TAXPAYERS HOSED, SAYS THE STOOLEY … PLANET LAUDS MARCHETTI DECISION … and PLANET HAS SCOOP ON ‘THE INCIDENT’ AT MAZZEO’s

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary ADD #1 11/15/11 Sherman Adds to Our Understanding of ‘The Incident at Mazzeo’s’ If you scroll below to the last item, you will see the disclosure of an incident that happened on Election Night at the victory celebrations for Dan Bianchi and Melissa Mazzeo. John Krol, Barry […]

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PLANET !!EXCLUSIVE!! … STATE’S SHOCKING LETTER REVEALS DOUBLE-DEALING OF PITTSFIELD’S SCHOOL BUILDING NEEDS COMMISSION … YOU WON’T READ ABOUT THIS IN THE BB!

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY, NOV. 14, 2011) — John Krol, Sally Douglas, Paul Raverta, Carmen Massimiano, Tricia Farley-Bouvier, Lou Costi, Peter Marchetti, Floriana Fitzgerald, Patrick Mele Jr., Cheryl Bethel, John barber, Ernie Fortini, Kathleen Amuso, Jake Eberwein, Lisa Buchinski, JoAnne Soules, Keith Babuszczak, Frank LaRagione, Guy Pannesco, […]

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!!UPDATE ON PLANET !EXCLUSIVE!, COMING MONDAY … RECOUNT ISSUES BRINGS TO MIND KEY QUESTION: SHOULD VOTER PREFERENCE COUNT THOUGH THE MACHINE SAYS NO … and … MEET BARRY CLAIRMONT, AT-LARGE ELECT AND INCOMMUNICADO WITH WE THE PEOPLE

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary ADD 1 (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, SATURDAY, NOV. 12, 2011) — We take this break from a most enjoyable weekend to let you know THE PLANET has been hard at work. On Monday, we shall share contents of a letter the city of Pittsfield received from the state. […]

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MARCHETTI SHOULD NOT SEEK RECOUNT BUT BREAULT SHOULD … DID THE POUNDS KEEP PETER FROM THE CORNER OFFICE? … KINNAS WIN ON SCHOOL BOARD THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FOR TAXPAYERS

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THURSDAY, NOV. 10, 2011) — With everyone trying to gleam cosmic significance over tomorrow’s date of 11/11/11, THE PLANET finds soul in everything we see, touch, hear. In short, the transcendent is where you find it. Even in elections, you find people caught in […]

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!UPDATE! PLANET WAS FIRST WITH ELECTION … BIANCHI WINS MAYORAL TILT … CLOSE BUT NO CIGAR FOR MARCHETTI … AT LARGE, IT’S SHERMAN, MAZZEO, COTTON & CLAIRMONT … IN WARDs: MORANDI, CAPPY, CONNELL, LOTHROP (MAYBE) … KINNAS TOPS SCHOOL COMMITTEE, KING OUT, EVERYONE ELSE IN

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary ADD 1 FORTRESS, WEDNESDAY NOONEY, Nov. 9. 2011 This morning THE PLANET has been busier than a fly swatter in an outdoor farmer’s market in Honduras, and most of it, believe it or not, non-political stuff. Nonetheless, we wanted to at least drop in on you today […]

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THE PLANET PRESENTS SOME FINAL, ELECTION DAY THOUGHTS. HAPPY VOTING OR NOT!

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, ELECTION DAY, NOV. 8, 2011) — As we get to put to bed another municipal election campaign, we present these final items for contemplation and “ommmmmm”-ing while you do your laundry. BIANCHI WINS! PLANET CALLS IT FIRST — No chance of “Dewey Beats Truman” […]

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!PLANET EXCLUSIVE! WE PRINT THE AT-LARGE SLATE CARD THE GOBs SAID DIDN’T EXIST … ODD DOINGS IN BB’s MAYORAL STORY … TWO SETS OF RULES … plus … THE PLANET’S ENDORSEMENTS

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY, NOV. 7, 2011) — The day of reckoning, Election Day, looms over Pittsfield like a Leviathan cut down to size by the fractions of a Lilliputian campaign. Before THE PLANET gives our endorsements, we share this news we broke yesterday on Facebook. We […]

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MARCHETTI’S IDIOTIC STATEMENT ON CRIME PROVES HE’S NOT READY FOR CORNER OFFICE … plus … PLANET RE-RUNS YESTERDAY’s COLUMN, WHICH SET A NEW RECORD FOR HITS … THE CAMPAIGN IS SIZZLING HOT, AND WE ARE THE ONLY ONES DISHING OUT THE TRUTH

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, SATURDAY, NOV. 5, 2011) — Yesterday was a “houndstooth” kind of a day on THE PLANET. We had a record volume, and not by a little. Ironically, though, for more than a few, they could not read more than the headline of Friday’s post. […]

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CAMPAIGN FIREWORKS AND A DEFINING MOMENT: ‘I SERVED WITH YOUR HUSBAND’ … plus … MIKE WARD ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ENDORSEMENT AND A RECOMMENDATION — HOT STUFF AS ELECTION DAY NEARS

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary BIANCHI TO MARCHETTI: ‘YOU’RE NO JACK KENNEDY’ … SORT OF (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, FRIDAY, NOV. 4, 2011) — It may go down in Pittsfield political lore along with the infamous botched at-large ballot in Jody Phillips’ first election as city clerk, Gerry Doyle throwing the city into […]

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KROL CALLS THE PLANET … MAZZEO PLEDGES TO GET RID OF HILL 78 AND RE-OPEN CONSENT AGREEMENT … WHY ARE MIKE WARD AND JOHN KROL RELUCTANT TO GIVE ‘WE THE PEOPLE’ THE BENEFIT OF THEIR WISDOM? … plus … FALLOUT FROM TWO MORE MAYORAL DEBATES … & … THE BB WHIFFS AGAIN!

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary ADD #1 KROL DEFENDS HIS POSITION THE PLANET heard from Ward 6 Councilor John Krol this afternoon about our posting below, from earlier today. We had a comprehensive exchange of views, and it culminated with us thanking him for calling us directly, explaining the reasoning of his […]

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2 TIMOTHY 3:1-7 TELLS IT LIKE IT IS … MASSIVE COINCIDENCE: POLITICIANS GIVE YOU BACK YOUR MONEY A WEEK BEFORE ELECTIONS … plus … PITTSFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS CAN’T COMPETE, TO THE TUNE OF $3.2 MILLION; SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE TERRY KINNAS COMMENTS

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 2, 2011) — THE PLANET came across an interesting verse from the New Testament this morning, one that is eerily prophetic to The Shape of Things As They Are, present-day division. In 2 Timothy 3: 1-7 we read: But understand this, that […]

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BUMPOUT DISASTER, PT 2 … FAT MAN MUST STAY ON THE AIR AT WBRK … MARCHETTI WEB SITE LOOKS LIKE THE AMATEUR HOUR … and … WHEN IS A $500,000 ‘LOAN’ A TAXPAYER HANDOUT?

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, TUESDAY, NOV. 1, 2011) — Welcome to November, month of the crab, month of the sister. First up, a quickie. As we wrote yesterday, the bumpouts on North Street proved their worthlessness in the surprise Halloween snowstorm. They caused hassles, if not havoc, for […]

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SNOW SHOW, plus PLANET ENDORSES BIANCHI FOR MAYOR … SPRINGFIELD SCHOOL AUDIT HAS LESSONS FOR PITTSFIELD … and … NORTH STREET BUMPOUTS FAIL FIRST TEST

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY, OCT. 31, 2011) — No, in the name of my good friend Pete White, we will not say a word about the “oh, woe are we” snows that graced the area in copious quantities of alabaster fluff. We were in New York, and […]

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MARCHETTI STAFFER RESIGNS AS CAMPAIGN WOES MOUNT FOR PETER: THE PLANET HAS THE FOLLOWUP

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, FRIDAY, OCT. 28, 2011) — The aftermath of Staffergate continues to rock, and possibly sink, the Marchetti for Mayor campaign. The voters will decide that one, definitively. THE PLANET has heard that the key Marchetti staffer, who prompted the firestorm by a gratuitous, post-debate […]

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