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TEACHERS UNION BANS COVERAGE OF ‘PUBLIC’ MAYORAL FORUM … DECISION SMACKS OF TOTALITARIANISM

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY OCT. 24, 2023) — Picklefield, founded in 1761, made history Thursday. For the first time in its political history, there were not one but two mayoral debates on the same day, both of which were not televised or taped for broadcast. Suppose they […]

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CPA FUND CUSTODIAN IS KUFFLINKS KERWOOD; $100,000 ASK FOR CHURCH PUT IN BY MRS. KERWOOD!! TWO ISSUES: CHURCH-STATE VIOLATION AND HUGE CONFLICT OF INTEREST

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION OCT. 20-22, 2023) — One of the many rigged votes that has swamped Picklefield taxpayers was the “approval” of the Community Preservation Act, forever known as the Community Pickpocket Act, a named laid on it by Terry Kinnas. The CPA’s euphemistic […]

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PLANET OBTAINS COPY OF KUFFLINKS’ TO COUNCILORS … FINANCE DIRECTOR CLAIMS KEEPING ARPA REPORT SECRET FOR 7 MONTHS WAS SIMPLY A mere ‘OVERSIGHT’

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY OCT. 18, 2023) — The error was one thing, and we won’t know more about it until a proper A-Z audit scours and scrubs the ARPA books — as well as every ledger kept since Matt “Kufflinks” Kerwood has been Picklefield finance director. […]

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ARPAGATE: WHO HID THE ARPA AUDIT? PLANET’S INVESTIGATION POINTS TO CITY FINANCE DIRECTOR KERWOOD

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENT (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY OCT. 16, 2023) — Here’s a crucial question that needs definitive answering: To whom was the report of the March 28 Scanlon ARPA audit first delivered? It’s only because THE PLANET dug it up and published news of the report’s existence that you know […]

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CONSTRUCTION WORKER HIT, KILLED BY CAR ON WEST STREET … plus … PLANET UNEARTHS ‘SECRET’ ARPA AUDIT SHOWING ‘SERIOUS DEFICIENCY’ IN THE BOOKS … KROL, MARCHETTI DUEL ON MISSING $255K

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY ADD 1 10/12 AFTERNOON — This just in from the Pittsfield Police: A 2015 Chevrolet Colorado operated by Mr. Edward Ladouceur of Pittsfield (DOB: 03/05/36) was traveling east bound on West St approaching the area of 777 West St.  The east bound lane was closed to traffic […]

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MIDDLE EAST FLAME-UP IN GAZA HAS BEEN MILLENIUMS IN THE MAKING … THE SOLUTION? WHY EVEN BOTHER?

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY OCT. 11, 2023) — It’s an old story, going back thousands of years. The narrative has its beginnings in two books. You know them as the Bible and the Koran, literary products of related people who fail to see their common humanity by substituting […]

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“THEY” — FOUND-FOOTAGE QUICKIE IS PICKLEFIELD’S RECURRING HORROR FILM … MOVIE CRITIC KROL’S AUDIT PLEDGE PROMISES AN HONEST REVIEW

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY OCT. 9, 2023) — George W. Bush had 9/11/01. Joe Biden had COVID. Both events changed the course of history. Overnight, Bush changed from a flailing imposter to a “wartime president.” COVID gave Biden had an excuse to hide in the basement, winning […]

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CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE: KROL’S PLEDGE FOR AUDITS OF CITY FINANCIALS A WINNING ISSUE … MARCHETTI MAKES MUM

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION OCT. 6-8, 2023) — If Picklefield’s mayoral race hinges on policy, John Krol will be the city’s next mayor. If high special-interest turnout and low-show of ordinary citizens occurs Nov. 9, it’s Peter Marchetti’s private treasury. Team Marchetti, says one of our […]

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STATE AG’s NEW TRANSGENDER OFFICE, BIDEN’S ATTACK ON * THE FIRST AMENDMENT, AND THE EAGLE’S GUTTER JOB ON JOHN KROL: WHAT ARE THE TIES THAT BIND?

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY OCT. 4, 2023) — What are the the ties that bind these three stories: AG Creates Gender-Affirming Office Biden Attacks Free Speech Gutter Politics Take Control in Picklefield? THE PLANET explains. Trans — Commonwealth AG Andrea Campbell has created a new office, with the […]

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KROL PROMISES TO GO AFTER ‘CORRUPTION’ IN CITY GOVERNMENT … ‘We know that clearly, there are very powerful interests in this city that do not want me to be mayor’

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY OCT. 2, 2023) — Mayoral candidate John Krol is auditing a crash course in crisis management at the University of Hard Knox. Grading, THE PLANET has learned, will be Pass/Fail. Pass and he’s the next mayor. Fail and he’s out. Meanwhile, Peter Marchetti […]

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D.A. REPORT FINDS STATE TROOPER JUSTIFIED IN SHOOTING DEATH OF PHILIP HENAULT

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, FRIDAY SEPT. 29, 2023) — At a press conference today, Berkshire County District Attorney Tim Shurgue issues the finding of a report on the death by gunfire of Philip Henault at the hands of a State Police trooper. THE PLANET issues the entire statement […]

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‘THE RING OF FIRE’: KROL SETS STRAIGHT ‘BANKING ERROR’ TIMELINE; UNLIKE THE BB, PLANET PUBLISHES UNEDITED VERSION … PAPER TRAIL EXPLAINS GREYLOCK MISTAKE

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY ADD 1 SEPT 28 p.m. — As THE PLANET predicted down to the last dotted “t” and crossed “i” the Boring Broadsheet pretended it had uncovered news of the Clairmont-Mazzeo lawsuit settlement. We had it almost two days before the local daily. One of the paper’s newbies, […]

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!!! CLAIRMONT LAWSUIT AGAINST MAZZEO SETTLED … PLANET OUTS EAGLE, FORCES THE PAPER TO RELEASE THE SPIKED KROL-MARCHETTI DEBATE FROM SEPT. 21

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY ADD 1 9-26 p.m. — Breaking news. The defamation case launched by Barry Clairmont, husband of Mayor Linda Tyer, against Tyer’s mayoral opponent Melissa Mazzeo has been settled. We’ll have more later. THE PLANET got word through our spies, and we got on the horn to Mazzeo, […]

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THE PLANET DIGS: KROL’S NOT GOING ANYWHERE, AND YOU CAN TAKE IT TWO WAYS … FALLOUT FROM EAGLE STORY WILL BITE MARCHETTI IN THE BUM

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY First of a Series (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION SEPT. 22-4, 2023) — So much for a clean campaign. Both Peter Marchetti and John Krol promised citizens from the start. Krol has kept his promise. Technically, Marchetti didn’t break his promise, since it appears that it wasn’t, […]

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VOTERS SPEAK … WITH LARYNGITIS; CANDIDATES NOW ON TO NOVEMBER WITH NO MANDATE

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY SEPT. 20, 2023) — The voters have spoken. Unfortunately, they had a bad case of laryngitis, or, as the late, great Arthur used to call it, “larenjowie.” OVerall, turnout was abysmal: 16% for mayor, the only citywide office on the ballot; as predicted […]

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MURDER SUSPECT ARRAIGNED, NO BAIL … PLANET ENDORSES ALEX BLUMIN IN WARD TWO RACE … PRELIM ELECTION WILL NARROW DOWN BALLOT ON TUESDAY

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY ADD 2 SEPT. 15 P.M. — Here’s an update on the murder charge against Josiah Helmer from the office of Tim Shugrue, Berkshire County District Attorney: On Friday, September 15th, Josiah Helmer was arraigned in Central Berkshire District Court for the charge of murder. The Commonwealth requested […]

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