For more than a year, The Martin Chronicles publisher has believed that Villa Hills Mayor Mike Martin’s seemingly inexplicable decision to crush open the City’s safe with a backhoe was more than, as the apologists from that reeking armpit called a Civic Club and the St. Joes Heavy Drinking Men’s Society categorize it, an act betraying the allegedly otherwise good-hearted mayor’s low IQ. Our publisher believes that astoundingly embarrassing act was more a window into the mayor’s dark reason he ran in in the first place.
Why does our publisher absolutely believe that? He will tell you that you need to go back into the archives and re-read Martin’s incredible comments to The Kentucky Enquirer.
Was there a particular comment that grabbed our publisher’s attention? You’re darn right there was. Martin made a remark that at first blush seemed to indicate that he thought anyone who believed the mayor’s willful destruction of City property was a problem was simply exhibiting a mean-spirited, paranoid over-reaction resulting from their unhappiness with the result of the 2010 election. You know the drill by now. It’s just “bickering”. Or, “they don’t want to work with me to move the City forward”. Or, “I’m the CEO, it’s my decision. Get over it. We’re moving on yada-yada-yada, blah-blah-blah".
So what was the statement made by Martin that lingers with our publisher? Martin said, “There was nothing relevant in the safe.” Oh really? Relevant to what?!? How in the world did the newspaper reporters fail to follow-up on that red flag?!?!? We don’t refer to them as the “dinosaur media” for nothing.
Despite his perpetual lying to the contrary-supported by the deceit of his disgraceful crony Councilman Mike Pope-Martin was indeed suing the taxpayers when he campaigned for mayor and when he took office on January 1, 2011. In point of fact, Martin was suing the taxpayers for $1.505 MILLION. Why? Because he was pushing the fraud that his December 2007 forgery arrest was nothing more than a violation of his Constitutional rights. Everyone would learn on June 7, 2011 that a three judge panel ruled Martin’s claims were false. In fact, the Order of Dismissal of Martin’s ridiculous lawsuit stated that what Martin did that got an arrest warrant made out for him fit the very definition of forgery.
So, back to Martin’s “nothing relevant” comment. What did he inadvertently betray when he made that statement? Our publisher is absolutely convinced the answer to that question is as obvious as Martin’s gross mismanagement of the City over these past dreadful fifteen months.
Martin was actually saying that there was “nothing relevant” to his lawsuit. Why is that significant? Because our publisher believes that Martin wantonly destroyed taxpayer-funded property for the sole purpose of finding some piece of evidence that would help him win the $1.505 MILLION he so desperately wanted to collect from the taxpayers.
No more illegal electrical and plumbing work. No more pretending that he was just a hapless little fellow who just liked to do charity work for Haitian orphans and hold memorials for the victims of 911. After having to steal food to survive as a boy growing up in Norwood (or so he likes to tell anyone who will listen to his fabricated tale of woe), Martin would finally be BIG TIME. With a million-and-a-half bucks in his pocket, Martin could spend his time playing golf, drinking at the Civic Club and shooting his pistol-for which he has a conceal carry permit-at the target range. He would finally be the true “lone wolf” he had always desired to be.
Then, reality sunk in.
