This couldn't be happening to two nicer guys.
Mayor Mike Martin and his close ally councilman Mike Pope have made a career out of moving themselves ahead by slinging mud and hurling harsh criticism at others. Give those boys credit. It got them where they wanted to go. What's the old saying though? "Be careful what you ask for"? Now those two are running Villa Hills. Running it right into the ground that is.
As we have been reporting, Martin, Pope and their $47.50 per hour clerk/bookkeeper/crony Cordelia Schaber have made a jumbled mess of the city financial records. We have told you that the financial records are in such disarray that council has been unable to make any sense at all out of them. It is a major reason why Mike Martin was incapable of offering a credible new budget to council for their approval for the current fiscal year.
It does appear that Martin and Pope have landed on a solution to the financial chaos they have created. No, they didn't hire that pesky guy "Mayhem" from the Allstate commercials to straighten out the city books. Instead, well, uh, umm-they simply don't produce any financial reports at all!!!!
The shocking announcement that there are NO financial reports for the month of September went almost unnoticed at the council meeting. Unnoticed by everyone but The Martin Chronicles that is.
Do Martin and Pope simply want us to believe they made the mistake of hiring a bookkeeper who is even more addle-brained than Its A Wonderful Life's Uncle Billy? Because if that is their strategy, they better re-consult their book of excuses.
Something is very rotten in the city of Villa Hills.
