BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION APRIL 28-30, 2023) — When Syracuse Joe announced his intent to run for re-election, he did so on tape. The prerecorded message allowed handlers to splice together a coherent looking poli-babble from the multiple takes it took for Biden to get […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY APRIL 26, 2023) — THE PLANET has seen the future. We found it in the past. In March 1968, two events rocked politics: (a) Bobby Kennedy announced his candidacy for the presidency. A couple weeks later, President Lyndon Johnson told the nation he […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY APRIL 24, 2023) — Last week, both in the column and in the comments, THE PLANET led a discussion about Pittsfield’s downtown woes and some of the simple fixes that could immediately be addressed at little cost. Why they aren’t done remains one […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION APRIL 21-3, 2023) — THE PLANET has to laugh. President Joe Biden and House speaker Kevin McCarthy recently released their respective (but not respected) budget “visions.” Reminds us of a brief back-and-forth in the comments section regarding the alleged “left” and […]
DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE WEDNESDAY APRIL 19, 2023) “There is more beauty in the truth, even if it’s a dreadful beauty” — John Steinbeck. “OPEN THE WINDOW, AUNT MILLIE.” LOVE TO ALL. Copyright (c) 2023 By Dan Valenti, PLANET VALENTI and EUROPOLIS MANAGEMENT. All rights reserved. The views and […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY APRIL 17, 2023) — Just another Patriot’s Day in the Bay State. After another dude from Africa wins the Boston Marathon and the Red Sox lose their 11 a.m. game. When it reduces to the rest of the day, however, THE PLANET must […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION APRIL 14-6, 2023) — “A well-a everybody’s heard about the bird. Ba, ba, ba bird, bird, bird, bird-bird a-wella wella Bird Bird, B-b-b bird a-wella don’t you know about the Bird? Wellllllllll everybody’s talkin’ about the bird” and so on. We first […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY APRIL 12, 2023) — While raking the lower 40, THE PLANET came across a few items under the leaves and branches. On the Job — In the case of the 35-year-old man who lost his child in a brook (where the toddler drowned) […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY APRIL 10, 2023) — This is what we have become, THE PLANET is grieved to say. You’re a father. You live in Readsboro, VT. You’re driving your 2015 Subaru Crosscheck in Clarksburg, MA a few miles away. It’s almost 2 in the morning. […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION APRIL 7-9, 2023) — On March 31, Superior Court Judge John Agostini rejected defendant Melissa Mazzeo’s request for a summary judgment in a lawsuit brought by Barry Clairmont. THE PLANET discovered the document in a search of court records, a scan […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY ADD 1 APRIL 5, 1:53 p.m. — For those keeping score at home, here’s the most current candidate’s list for Pittsfield: Candidate List MAYOR Peter M Marchetti (413) 212-2163 petermmarchetti@gmail.com John Michael Krol Jr (413) 464-5830 jmkrol@gmail.com Craig C Gaetani (413) 442-5466 gaetanicraig@gmail.com CITY CLERK Michele Marie Benjamin (413) 822-1949 michelecetti@gmail.com AT LARGE […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY APRIL 3, 2023) — They get the mug shot and the perp walk. That’s all the Democrats want. Their indictment of Donald Trump in an orchestration worthy of Arturo Toscanini and Seiji Ozawa. It may doom the Trump candidacy in 2024 and give […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY PROGRAM NOTE: If you haven’t already, check our interviews with mayoral candidates Peter Marchetti and John Krol. Simply go to YouTube and search PLANET VALENTI VIDEO. You’ll find them there. (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION MARCH 31-April 2, 2023) — Tuesday, March 28. It was, perhaps, […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY ADD 1 3/29/23: Here is our interview with Peter Marchetti: https://youtu.be/hFDEXyA8xm0. If this link is not hot, simply go to YouTube and search “PLANET VALENTI VIDEO.” The John Krol interview is at https://youtu.be/h_LbxF6rsp4. (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY MARCH 29, 2023) — Lots to talk about today. As promised, THE […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY ADD 1 TUESDAY 3-28-23 6:30 pm — THE PLANET received two dispatches from the Pittsfield Police Department, which we now share: This morning, our state law enforcement partners made us aware that several communities in Eastern Massachusetts had received similar calls reporting critical incidents at local schools.These reports […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MARCH 24-6, 2023) — We end the week in Spring, tips of green spears piercing the soil, shafting through winter’s wake with an eagerness we would do well to emulate. Biking or Bilking? — A follow up on the New England Mountain Bike Association’s […]
