BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY OCT. 26, 2023) — At the NAACP debate Monday, mayoral candidate Peter Marchetti feigned outrage and exasperation at his opponent John Krol’s use of the phrase “boots on the ground” in reference to downtown policing. We’re with Marchetti, but not for the same […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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, […]
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, […]
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 […]
