The Martin Chronicles is a huge fan of scoffing at ridiculous hyperbole. That's why we love that goofy Councilman Mike Pope so dang much. He provides us with a steady diet of eccentric exaggeration. His latest lap through looney land? Well, it came in the April 23 nky.com story by Cindy Schroeder, "Villa Hills investigation findings to be unveiled".
What did our boy Pope offer up this time? He said of the planned, uninterrupted presentation of Special Counsel Phil Taliaferro's initial findings scheduled for Monday, April 30 at River Ridge Elementary, "kind of sounds like a Communist court". Is that right? You don't say. Hmmm. We aren't sure we agree with that.
Isn't the public invited to the presentation? Yes they are. Isn't the presentation being broadcast on the Government Channel and recorded by the Telecommunications Board of Northern Kentucky for future replay? Yes it is. Won't the media do extensive reporting on the facts presented? You can take that to the bank. So for what reason does Pope equate Monday's presentation to a "Communist court"? Perhaps because the structure of the April 30 Special Meeting derails the plan we are sure the Martins along with Pope and Noll had for totally disrupting Mr. Taliaferro's presentation. How would they do this? It would be done with a mega-dose of the same antics we have witnessed over the last sixteen dreadful months.
We would see Mike Pope constantly interrupting Mr. Taliaferro with off-the-subject questions. We would see the tattered remnants of Martin's hillbilly lynch mob scattered throughout River Ridge Cafeteria (you would know them by their cowboy hats and boots, tube tops and plaid shirts, oversized-belt buckles and portable spittoons). You would hear the Martinites shouting out things like, "Ahhh tayul yuuuuu whuuuut" and "Ahhh do-unt rahhhtly buuu-leeeve this hayer stooof". We are sorry. We get it that if you don't frequent that popular hillbilly hangout, the Villa Hills Civic Club, you may not know what we mean. That is actually a good thing.
If this was truly a "Communist Court", the first thing we would hear is that Martin is suffering the effects of a "cold". Several months would go by with no public appearances by "The Little CEO". The next news would be that "The Little Man From Norwood" has sadly succumbed to his "illness". Within months following Martin's untimely demise, government officials would say, "Who was Mike Martin? We've never heard of him".
That is not what is about to take place. There will be plenty of time for comments and questions when a removal hearing is held.
[EDITOR'S NOTE: Martin has still not posted the April 30 presentation by Special Counsel on his City website calendar. How transparent is that again?]
