We really don't like to pat ourselves on the back, but The Martin Chronicles predicted this would happen weeks ago. Now sources are telling us it has begun.
What do we mean? Well, it appears Mayor Martin is beginning the process of throwing the endlessly-interim city clerk under the wheels of the speeding bus.
How? We are told-and will work hard to gather additional confirmation-that Martin was approached by a reporter after last night's meeting. The mayor was overheard saying that the "records barbecue" was all the interim clerk's fault. "She's just the interim city clerk. She really doesn't know what she's doing."
Oh really? Didn't the civic club pal Martin handed a crony job to-not the interim city clerk-sign the document allegedly listing what records were burned? The interim city clerk has worked for Villa Hills for nearly twenty years. And she still doesn't know what she's doing?
By the way, if Martin has such doubts about the capabilities of his interim city clerk, why didn't he stop the public works crew from burning more records when they reached him by cell phone on the afternoon of January 5? Wouldn't a reasonable person have told the crew to stop burning until the mayor had time to personally review the documents? Instead, Martin told the crew to continue their destruction of city records.
The only way that makes sense is if the mayor already knew what was being destroyed.
As we have been suggesting for some time, the interim city clerk should seek legal counsel. She is about ready to be run over by a bus. And it ain't Ralph Kramden at the wheel. It's Mayor Mike Martin.
