The Martin Chronicles wonders if the city employees Mayor Mike Martin plans to use as human shields will finally decide to defend themselves. One in particular, the interim city clerk, is in very serious trouble. Martin has already tipped his hand that he is most willing to sacrifice the long-time clerk over the document fire pit in order to avoid taking any responsibility for what he did.
What was Martin’s emetic comment in The Kentucky Enquirer? “It wasn’t my decision (to destroy City records-but of course, it was). But I won’t point any fingers because the buck stops here”? That noxious spin had reasonable people all over Villa Hills reaching for air-sickness bags.
Even though Martin’s comment is a complete fabrication, it should also give the interim city clerk a very queasy feeling in the pit of her stomach. Why? Because if she does nothing to defend herself Martin is going to railroad her. State statute does identify her as the custodian of records after all. She is the logical donkey upon which Martin can pin the tail. Martin hilariously views himself as “the indispensable man”. The interim city clerk? The mayor views her as nothing more than a convenient piece of cannon fodder.
If the interim city clerk thinks the Martin crony who appears to have signed-off on a listing falsified by the mayor to cover-up what documents were actually burned will be held accountable, she had better keep thinking. While the interim clerk is slowly being brought to a boil in Martin’s cauldron of corruption, Martin’s crony is sunning herself like a shifty lizard on a rock in Florida.
So what should the interim city clerk do? Telling the truth would be a great place to start. Even if that truth exposes her to some liability. Because no matter the extent of her involvement in the City records destruction and subsequent cover-up, the truth will cause her far less harm than playing the role of Martin’s scapegoat.
