Some of us may even get a little sugach. A few may even get ar meisce. But none of us are allowed to get caoch olta. Why? Because a St. Paddy’s Day party doesn’t mean he doesn’t expect us to continue to cover the turmoil that continues in the troubled town now run by that nasty little leprechaun Mayor Mike Martin.
While we are on the subject of the” green”, it appears that Mayor Martin and a trio of councilman (Kilburn, Pope and Noll) have cost the City a huge amount of “green”. As in “long green”, “greenbacks”, “bread”, “ “paper”, “moolah”, “dough” , “bones”, “loot”, “dead presidents”. How? Well, they made they voted to make the colossal mistake of sending the collection of the Villa Hills UNFAIR $40 PER CAR STICKER TAX or license fee to County Boss Steve Arlinghaus’ Court House.
If current trends continue, the City could collect perhaps as much as $100,000 less in UNFAIR $40 PER CAR STICKER TAX revenue than they did in 2010. It appears there will be a lot less gold in the pot at the end of Martin’s rainbow this year.
This disaster may even rise to the level of an UNFAIR $40 PER CAR STICKER TAX famine. So much for Greg Kilburn’s beloved street repair program. The Villa Hills’ road that rises to meet you may not be in very good shape thanks to the boneheaded move by Martin, Kilburn, Pope and Noll. They all be actin’ like a bunch ‘a bleedin’ Class A jammy clients!
Villa Hills’ residents need to mind yourself when looking at the little registration renewal notice card they receive from the Kenton County Clerk advising them that their motor vehicle tax is due.
They will see a list that includes taxes for state, county, school, library, health, extension service, and the dreaded Northern Kentucky Area Planning Commission. Then they will see a registration fee. Then they will see a TOTAL DUE. If they plan to mail their payment in they will be asked to add two dollars to their total. What won’t they see on that breakout? The UNFAIR $40 PER CAR STICKER TAX! That little $40 surprise is tucked away on a completely separate, obscure part of the card that a reasonable person could certainly miss.
Sources at the Court House are telling us, as The Martin Chronicles correctly predicted, that many people are saying a polite, “goozer off” when a clerk asks visitors to Boss Arlinghaus’ County Court House if they also want to pay their UNFAIR $40 PER CAR STICKER TAX.
Not to worry, Martin, Kilburn, Pope and Noll have a plan. Yes, it is a crazy plan. But it is a plan nevertheless. How well is this eejit plan working? We are hearing that residents who have recently received their “If you don’t pay your UNFAIR $40 PER CAR STICKER TAX we will SUE YOU!” letters are grabbing their pitchforks and torches.
It is certainly fair to say that with Mayor Martin, who is quite the git, on the brink of sitting through brutal Special Counsel Hearings that may very well lead to a vote for his removal from office for other nefarious mischief; he doesn’t need any more enemies. Millie up! But the day that little leprechaun leaves will be cracker! Time to quit foostering.
Faith ‘n Begorrah!
