The Martin Chronicles got a kick out of watching the light bulbs popping on over the heads of Villa Hills Mayor Mike Martin and “the father” of the UNFAIR STICKER TAX, Councilman Greg Kilburn. Not surprisingly, these two fellows revealed that the hadn’t quite thought the move of the UNFAIR STICKER TAX collection to County Boss Steve Arlinghaus court house all the way through.
Folks who renew their vehicle registration in January received their notice to do so in December. If any of these people paid prior to Boss Arlinghaus’ poor underlings getting prepared to collect the Villa Hills’ UNFAIR STICKER TAX, guess what? They joined the list of people-already including out-of-state plated “free roaders” and residents who drive company cars-handed a free pass on the UNFAIR STICKER TAX thanks to Martin, Kilburn, Pope and Noll.
The best part? At the last council meeting, Martin and Kilburn assured residents that if they have already renewed their vehicle registration it’s okay to come to the City Building to pay the UNFAIR STICKER TAX. The dynamic duo said the City would be willing to take their $40 payment. Gee, thanks fellas.
What follows won’t shock you. Several sources say that residents already spared from paying their UNFAIR STICKER TAX have not been beating the doors of the City Building down to surrender their $40. Perhaps Martin and Kilburn should have said, “Pretty please!”
We have to confess that nothing Martin does now surprises us. The mayor has taken “clueless” to previously undiscovered country. But as we’ve written before, The Martin Chronicles can’t understand what has happened to the previously steady and dependable Councilman Kilburn.
Another interesting exchange took place between Martin and the Chairman of the City’s Code Enforcement Board. The Chairman took the podium to discuss ways to improve communication between the City’s administration (READ: Mayor Martin) and this important board. Keep in mind that another one of the phony “planks” in then-candidate Martin’s dirtbag 2010 mayoral campaign was to “improve communications”.
So how did Martin respond to the chairman’s request for improved communication? The mayor immediately shut the chairman down by saying, “We aren’t going to discuss this now. Send me an e-mail or call me to deal with this.” The chairman responded that the last time he tried that approach it took 30 days to get any kind of response at all and then walked away from the podium.
The Martin Chronicles can only conclude that the mayor has a far different definition of “improved communications” than most of the rest of us. Things are not going well at all in the land of Martin.
