Let’s first take a look at the hypocrisy. Last year Kenton County Boss Steve Arlinghaus took the podium at a Villa Hills council meeting to defend Mayor Mike Martin. Arlinghaus was appalled that council would authorize the expenditure of taxpayer money to investigate the mayor. The County Boss went so far as to describe the council’s desire for the truth as “a witch hunt”.
Now we read that County Attorney Garry Edmonson is suing Tea-Party favorite Arlinghaus over misuse of taxpayer money to renovate the County offices. Isn’t that rich? Arlinghaus had no problem alleging that Villa Hills’ council was wasting taxpayer money. Now Arlinghaus is being sued for doing exactly that.
Arlinghaus seems to have learned a thing or two from his pal Martin. You see, Arlinghaus is employing the Martin-tested defense, “I didn’t know it then. But I know it now.”
Look, we don’t really like Arlinghaus or Edmonson. By most accounts, both are “Class A” jerks. But we certainly hope the “Don’t Tread On Me” flag-wavers are at least a little put out about this. These tri-cornered-hat-wearing extremists thought they were electing Sarah Palin. Instead, in Arlinghaus, it appears they got Martha Stewart.
Under the heading of “you can’t fix stupid”, we are also hearing reports that the log-thumping troglodytes at the Villa Hills Civic Club are planning to make mischief in Villa Hills’ electoral politics yet again.
These “civic” club mouth-breathers are largely responsible for turning Mike Martin loose on the City to create his own special brand of mayhem. Now they hope to make a mockery of the upcoming council election that is a mere 210 days away.
How so? Well, several people report that Martin’s co-defendant in a LIBEL, SLANDER and DEFAMATION lawsuit is telling anyone who will listen that “they need 15 people to run for city council”. Won’t that be something to see? Considering that only six members can sit on council at a time, it is clear that Martin’s co-defendant simply wants to make a mess of things yet again. Given the fact that this hillbilly is a pal of Mike Martin’s, it is also obvious that the desire for good government is not even a small factor in this effort.
The Martin Chronicles wonders if either Martin or his co-defendant has even the slightest clue of the impact of the mayor’s move to sign the man they hatefully called a “double-dipper” to a two-year contract to well, how to best say it, by their very own definition “DOUBLE DIP”?
You see, signing this contract is an admission that despite all of his LIBEL, SLANDER and DEFAMATION, Martin realizes that there is really not anything wrong with entering into an agreement with a City employee’s company to provide a service to the taxpayers.
So, it is quite clear that what the mayor and his co-defendant were really doing during Martin’s 2010 dirtbag campaign was attempting to damage the employee’s reputation and hinder the employee’s ability to earn a living.
That sure sounds like LIBEL, SLANDER and DEFAMATION to us.
Isn’t this fun?
