Planet Valenti

BY DAN VALENTI CHAD AND DAN TALK COLONIALS THIS AM ON THE FM (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MAY 16, 2011) — Join us this morning on “Colonials Corner with Chad Cooper and Dan Valenti”, Monday, 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. on home of The Brave, 89.7 FM, as we bring you another thrill-packed adventure of Pittsfield Colonials […]

BY DAN VALENTI ADD 1 Do We Need the Strategic Response Team, or Is is an OT Scam of Guys Playing Rambo? That’s Just a Question, by the Way. (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MAY 14, 2011 ) — The question will be among the top this campaign season, so candidates had better begin doing research now: […]

BY DAN VALENTI Don’t call it the SWAT Team. The Boring Broadsheet Won’t. (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, May 13, 2010) — The Planet has been mining information from Goalpost, Touchdown, Red Dog, and other sources from within the Pittsfield Police Department. This is in response to a big story that the Boring Broadsheet refuses to touch, […]

BY DAN VALENTI ADD # 2 FROM THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, 5/12/11 JAE CHUNG: FROM STIR FRY PAN TO THE FIRE Yes, The Planet had the story about insurance fraud claims against Jae Chung and his wife, owners of the now defunct Jae’s Spice. No, we did not publish it. We KNEW the Boring Broadsheet […]

BY DAN VALENTI This Week in Jonathan Levine’s Pittsfield Gazette Check out Jonathan Levine’s Pittsfield Gazette this week for the best and most complete coverage on the marathon City Council meeting last night (Tuesday, May 10). At the meeting, Melissa Mazzeo done whipped the boys on the issue of “acting appointments.” Kevin Sherman got in […]

BY DAN VALENTI The Planet is NOT in the business of Kingmaking (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, May 10, 2011) — The e-mail came in late last night, thanking The Planet for our endorsement of Dave Roche and citing that as a strong “contributing factor” in his decisive win in the Lenox select board race. The Planet […]

BY DAN VALENTI (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, May 9, 2011) — Decision Day in Lenox today, as voters go to the polls. Incumbents Kim Flynn and John McNinch are facing challengers David Roche and Eric Vincelette for two seats on the select board. The Planet has endorsed Roche and Vincelette. We will point out that endorsements […]

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET ISSUES ENDORSEMENTS IN LENOX (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, May 7, 2011) — Thinking ahead to Monday’s town election in Lenox, The Planet issues our endorsements. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Two incumbents — Kim Flynn and John McNinch — are competing against two challengers — Eric Vincelette […]

BY DAN VALENTI ADD ONE, 5/6/11 TOXICOLOGY IN LENOXOLOGY; BOARD INCUMBENTS FLYNN, McNINCH SUPPORT COLOSSAL WASTE OF TAXPAYER MONEY The town of Lenox, in a 4-to-1 vote by the select board, approved the horrendous marketing slogan developed for the town at a reported cost of anywhere between $58,000 and $300,000 by a Big, Important, NYC […]

BY DAN VALENTI Campaign Capers (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MAY 4, 2011) — With each new year and each new campaign season, The Planet notes more urgency and edge. The electorate bears more anger. Candidates seems more pressed — for time, for money, for differentiation, for a lot of things. The zeitgeist, not to get all […]

BY DAN VALENTI Candidates Grilled, Well Done, Tonight at 7 (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MAY 3, 2011) — Come one, come all, to The Planet’s Amazing Beer Hall Chat, held in the guise of a debate, at 7 p.m. at the Lenox Public Library tonight. Produced and sponsored by the recently formed political action committee, Berkshire […]

BY DAN VALENTI Angelo Makes a Sale (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, May 2, 2011) — Hear ye, Hear ye, be advised, all present, that late last week, disgraced ex-CEO Angelo Stracuzzi sold his house on Stonehedge Road. His wife, Rosanne, is listed on the sale document as a co-seller or grantor. The purchasers are listed as […]

BY DAN VALENTI More Testimony from Three Cops, from the Inside The ugly head of SteroidsGate has broken the surface again in Pittsfield choppy law enforcement and public safety waters. And just when you thought it was safe again to wade in up to your navel. The Planet is just removed from our latest face-to-faces […]

BY DAN VALENTI ‘He Gone Find Ray Charles’ (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, APRIL 29, 2011) — The great comic Flip Wilson used to have a routine about Christopher Columbus’ journey to America in 1492. As Flip relates it, Columbus got on that boat not in search of continents but in search of soul. As Flip put […]

BY DAN VALENTI (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, APRIL 28, ADD 1) — Beware of folks who have no sense of humor, who constantly rail in anger, who sees darkness lurking in the words and actions of everyone that disagrees with them. They think they’re wearing hair shirts but to the rest of us they look like […]

BY DAN VALENTI Medium Rare Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done. Nonetheless, The Planet will sit under the McDonald French Fry studio lights of PCTV today and answer questions from, gasp, Republicans. Yes, the Berkshire County Republican Association will host The Planet for an hour’s grilling at the studios. […]