The main thrust of Mike Martin's 2010 mayoral campaign was MUDSLINGING. The current mayor was bad. The police department that arrested him for forgery was bad. The council-with the exception of his buddy Mike Pope-was bad.
Add to that the now-broken promise from Martin to repeal the dreaded $40 license fee.
With a huge assist from the knuckle-dragging pinheads from the Villa Hills Civic Club, Martin was able to bamboozle a slim majority of voters into believing he was telling the truth. Martin was elected. In short order he immediately began recklessly driving the city government right off the cliff.
The TRUTH? The only way residents can get rid of the license fee? Vote themselves A FORTY PERCENT PROPERTY TAX INCREASE. They need to vote a ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY PERCENT INCREASE IN OVERALL LOCAL TAXATION. And, according to Martin crony Mike Pope, residents will still pay an assessment for the repair of their own street.
The TRUTH? Two courts resoundingly ruled that Martin was being less than truthful about the Villa Hills Police Department and his predecessor.
Somebody has been lying. Whose lie is it anyway? The answer is plain and simple. The lie belongs to Mike Martin. Now the residents of Villa Hills have to pay the price for that lie.
And now it's up to special counsel Phil Taliaferro to drain Martin's odious swamp.
