The Martin Chronicles has spent some time digging a little deeper in to what took place at last Friday's Villa Hills City Council special meeting. Several media outlets have joined us in reporting that City Council preferred nine charges against malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin. The charges relate to Martin's misconduct and neglect of duty. If any of these charges are proven Martin could-and should-be removed from office.
Some observers opined that there was an almost "circus-like" atmosphere surrounding the meeting thanks in large part to the Martinites and other ill-informed residents who were in attendance. Here is some of the "color" from Friday's meeting.
An angry-looking Mrs. Mayor was flitting around the crowd with a camcorder. Several people commented that Mrs. Mayor's behavior was eerily reminiscent of what took place nearly a dozen years ago when another Villa Hills mayor found himself in hot water for some very serious misconduct. Her mission? Who knows? In fact, who cares?
What else? Well, there were the Martinites rolling out the same old, worn-out descriptions and excuses that were beaten in to the ground a dozen years ago. "Witch hunt". "Good old boys." "Wasted money." "They're just upset 'cause their guy lost." "BLAH-BLAH-BLAH-BLAH-BLAH!" As we posted yesterday, these bamboozled Martinites look right past their hero's own misconduct, mismanagement and corruption.
Speaking of what took place a dozen years ago, one deluded woman was overheard explaining to the rabid Martinites that Steve Clark was forced out of office "because he wasn't Catholic"! We can only guess that she was suggesting that the Branch Norwoodian Martin is also a victim of some Catholic Inquisition. This despite the fact that three out of the four council members who voted to hold the removal hearing are not practicing Catholics. Hello? Is there anybody in there? How many fingers are we holding up? Dang bead--fiddlin' mackerel-snappers!
Next time try blaming the Masons . . . or the Bilderbergers . . . or the Lumanati . . . or the CIA . . . or the Men In Black. So now the Martinites believe that their hero is a target of the New World Order. Wow!
Some meeting-goers overheard an exchange that is far more shocking than some wing nut, anti-Vatican conspiracy theory. First, let's set the stage. Police Chief Dan Goodenough had extra police officers on hand for the meeting to protect everyone in attendance. Chief Goodenough advised Martin that the doors to the meeting chambers would not be opened until approximately 7 o'clock for safety reasons. Sources tell us that Martin went ballistic when he learned that bit of news. Why? We guess that these safety precautions would make it more difficult for the Martinites to make mischief.
So what happened? A disturbing exchange between Martin and one of his chief Civic Club henchman was overheard while Martin was fuming and whining about Chief Goodenough's wise safety precautions.
The venal Civic Club henchman was attempting to console Martin by telling him, "You should just go ahead and get rid of Goodenough if he isn't going to do what you tell him. THEN YOU CAN GO AHEAD WITH YOUR PLAN TO CONTRACT WITH ERLANGER FOR POLICE COVERAGE." The people who caught that exchange say that Martin was startled when he realized that he and his CIVIC CLUB henchman had been overheard.
Yes, this is very much like it was a dozen years ago. Bad. Very, very bad.
