The Martin Chronicles has a solid staff of investigative reporters and a bevy of reliable sources. And then sometimes-things jut fall into our lap! One of our reporters happened to be on a fifty-plus person email distribution list. The email stream our newshound received contained some real nuggets.
One email describes a surge of burglaries and car break-ins in Mayor Mike Martin's embattled and embarrassed Villa Hills. The burglars have been so bold that they are entering homes where the residents are home asleep. Perhaps the burglars are brazen because they know that the mendacious Martin has decimated the police department? The emailer certainly seems to think so.
The writer outlines Martin's persistent-and inexplicable-resistance to fully staff the struggling police department. The email's author explains that Councilmen Bruns, Kilburn, Ringo and Sogar have tried to strike a compromise with "The Little CEO" to rebuild the agency-but the malfeasant Martin simply will have none of it.
Reading the email reminds us that Martin's mauling of the police is not about cost savings. How do we know that? Because there was a whopping, six-figure mountain of police overtime expense last year. This despite the fact that Martin initially brushed off those who asked him to staff the force by flippantly saying, "I'd rather pay a little overtime". As with so many other things Martin has mismanaged over the past twenty months, that plan has failed miserably.
We strongly believe that Martin's abuse of the police department is a direct result of his embarrassment over being arrested for forgery. He should be embarrassed. But not just for his forgery arrest. He should be embarrassed for the mess he has made of Villa Hills City Government. But that would require a conscience.
The cyber-scribe ended the email with a perfectly pointed comment: For those citizens that voted thank you. For those of you who didn't-OH WELL. For those that voted Mayor Martin in office-using his own words "You are getting what you voted for".
Yes indeed.
