Villa Hills is celebrating its fiftieth birthday tomorrow. Parades, rides, skirt games, fireworks. Yes, we know. The actual incorporation date is June 9, 1962. Hey, you gotta go with what you got. Or maybe just don't go at all.
Our prediction for tomorrow. Partly sunny and a high near 90 degrees. Oh, yes. Probably a few shameless public relations stunts as well. Hand-wringers wishing all of the problems would just go away. Screw balls inexplicably blaming Martin's misconduct on city council. Martinites saying that all of the turmoil is the result of the 2010 election outcome-looking past all of Martin's misconduct and criminal activity.
But when the party ends-nothing will have changed. After the dust settles and the mess is cleared away, there will still be another ever-growing mess waiting to be cleaned up.
We will probably see the Piltdown Men and Women from that rat's nest called a Civic Club continue to billow out a reeking green fog about what a victim Martin is. The reality? Martin is dishonest little fellow who is only a victim of his own corruption.
We will probably continue to read nimrods post clueless comments on Facebook about a judge "already clearing Martin of everything". Hello, is there anybody in there? You are writing-incorrectly-about Martin's forgery. That was many, many Martin scandals ago.
We will probably learn of more septuagenarian do-gooders who have lied to investigators all in the name of peace. Disgraceful. But it is Mike Martin's Villa Hills, after all.
We will probably see more dense dolts and knuckle-dragging hillbillies make fools of themselves at upcoming council meetings trying to defend the malfeasant mayor. That won't change one (EXPLETIVE) thing either.
The resolution will remain an open question with many twists and turns still to come. We may not see the first real indicator of which way Villa Hills is heading until the early days of August when we see how the race card fills out for the looming council election on November 6.
Let's hope tomorrow is a good day for everyone anyway. No matter where they choose to be.
