The Martin Chronicles has talked to several sources about tonight's council meeting. It will most likely be another lengthy set piece of fear and loathing. It almost always is. We can also already confidently predict that whatever happens will be spun by the dense drones from the Civic Club, St. Joe's and the rest of the mindless Martinites as "infighting", "bickering", "groinpulling", "wrangling", "(EXPLETIVE)busting", "squabbling", "backbiting", "shinkicking", "gutpunching", "mouthsmashing", "politics", "grandstanding", "blah-blah-blah-blah-blah-blah-blah", "yada-yada-yada".
There will be plenty of time for those pinheads' standard, nonsensical hooey. What we want to know is what in the wide, wide world of sports is going on with Martin's new budget proposal? Even in a town as torn asunder as Villa Hills, the majority of residents should want to know how their "CEO" plans to dispense with the tax dollars he is collecting from them. You can't know too much right now. No discussion of Martin's budget has ever been televised. All we know is he has been busily "tweaking" now for months. In fact, Martin didn't start the process of trying to ram his mysterious budget through until about ten days ago.
We have learned that council offered several proposals and attempts at compromise to "The Little Man From Norwood" at the recent caucus meeting. Despite what the previously-mentioned gaggle of hand-wringing nitwits will tell you, council is trying to work with the little fella to actually pass a City budget for the first time in two years.
We have also learned that, at our publication deadline, Martin has yet to reply to councils' suggestions. Oh, well. It makes for great television, if nothing else.
