In one section of the self-important simpleton’s screed, he equates the City having a run of the mill website (Website? That is so “Nineties”.) to making the City more “transparent”. You don’t say? Is that a fact?
Let’s explore just how “transparent” the mendacious Martin really is:· Throughout his dirtbag mayoral campaign, Martin actually said he was “happy to tell” the residents that he was not suing them. The problem with that “happy” declaration? No less an esteemed body than the Supreme Court of the United States says Martin was suing the residents. He only stopped suing them when an Appellate Court panel advised him that he was “barking up the wrong tree” with his ridiculous lawsuit on June 7, 2011.
· Just prior to the January 2011 council meeting, Martin assured at least two council members that he did have all the proper licenses necessary to legally run his handyman business. The problem with that assurance? Martin does not have all the proper licenses necessary to legally run his handyman business.
· Shortly after assuming his role of supreme dictator of the Third World Banana Republic some still call Villa Hills, Martin claimed he was left with NO City records. Was this the rationale for enacting an official City policy that flagrantly disobeyed Kentucky Open Records statutes? The problem with that calumnious claim? If Martin was left NO records, how did he manage to get caught red-handed literally burning a truck load of those records that didn’t even exist on January 5, 2012?
· Staying with the infamous “Martin’s City records cook-out”, why did he tell the Public Works Director not to let anyone know about the illegal “barbecue”? Why did he falsify a document about his, at best, improper destruction of City records, misrepresenting what was actually burned? Then the mendacious mayor lied not once, but twice, when he was questioned by a councilman about the accuracy of his falsified list at the January 2012 council meeting. Transparent? By whose deceitful definition?
· How about the Martin Road Tax fiasco? First he was for the tax. Then he was against the tax. Then he was both for and against the tax. His empty head told him one thing. His black heart told him something else. He didn’t know then. But he knows now. Someone flagged him down to ask him a question as he was driving to a council meeting. You know the little man’s shtick by now. After improperly using City personnel and resources to produce and distribute a PRO-TAX flyer (that action earned him a “confidential” reprimand from the City’s Ethics Board) he lied to a resident who asked him about the flyer, saying he had “no idea” who was responsible for producing and distributing it.
· Consider the decimation of the Villa Hills Police Department. Martin announced he would not replace the eighth police officer (leading to an explosion in crime and overtime costs to the taxpayers), but NEVER provided his real reasons. “I’m the CEO. It’s MY decision” Remember? C’mon, man. Just how “transparent” is that?
We could go on for hours. But we have a staff breakfast meeting. Much more to come on “Mike Martin, The Amazing Transparent Man” in future posts.
