The Martin Chronicles has confirmed that another officer has resigned from the Villa Hills Police Department, privately citing disgust with Mayor Mike Martin's poor management style.
Responding to a question from Councilman Greg Kilburn, Martin promised to keep seven police officers on staff at the last council meeting. The Martin Chronicles has secured an email that Martin sent to the chairman of the city's civil service commission that shows Martin actually has different plans.
In the email exchange, the civil service commission chairman advised Martin that a search was underway to find candidates for the police officer and clerk positions. Martin's response? He told the commission chairman to cease the search for a police officer. Martin just wants clerk candidates. Is that right? More clerks? We can only guess that Martin has decided FOUR CLERKS ISN'T ENOUGH.
It has become clear that Martin has a full-court press underway to undermine the Villa Hills Police Department. Want more evidence? Separate sources confirm that Crescent Springs Public Works Director George Ripberger and Erlanger Police Double-Dipper Mike Jansing have kept Martin up-to-date on the whereabouts of Villa Hills police officers when they dare to eat their meals beyond the outskirts of Villa Hills. Never mind that there are no restaurants in Villa Hills.
Martin couldn't win a lawsuit against the Villa Hills police department. But now he is in the position to completely destroy it.
