The Martin Chronicles has more questions about the mess Mayor Mike Martin is making in Villa Hills that we are having a little trouble answering. But that will not stop us from getting to the whole truth. These questions have arisen as our reporters continue to dig into a number of stories.
For example, we continue to be troubled by the suspicious timing of the pay raise Martin gave to the endlessly interim City Clerk. Just think about it. Martin gave a pay raise to someone at the same time that he was pleading with City Council to approve a six-figure budget amendment to cover his over-spending. It simply doesn't make sense.
Making Martin's "pay-raise play" even more confounding is that he was also doing it at the same time he was advising council that he may be forced to lay-off half of the City staff. For Martin to give someone a pay raise at the same time that he announces plans to possibly cut loose half of the City employees due to his own abject budget mismanagement is absolutely astonishing. It just doesn't make a darn bit of sense.
Unless of course the speculation surrounding Martin's "pay-raise play" is true. Remember? Not only did Martin give the endlessly interim City Clerk a pay raise when the City was well over-budget and facing lay-offs. He gave her the pay raise during the same time frame that she was refusing to talk to Special Counsel. We are continuing to dig in to that one.
