The Martin Chronicles confesses that we enjoy lampooning and lambasting the corrupt and incompetent Villa Hills malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin. We are fully aware that Martin's debased behavior sometimes makes our job the rough equivalent of shooting anesthetized fish in a barrel. But we intend to keep doing it anyway.
The election day victory celebrations are over. (Most of) the yard signs are gone. The confetti has been swept away and the empty beer cans have been put in the recycling bin. Now reality returns. Here is that reality. The first two years of Martin's Reign of Error have left a wide path of destruction in its wake.
How did this happen? Much of it was the result of Martin and his pal outgoing-councilman Mike Pope egging each other on like Beavis and Butthead. Websites and flyers full of faslehoods. Vicious rumors.
All of these dishonest efforts have had a corrosive effect on the City. And, there is a shocking casualty list. The first casualty of Martin and Pope's efforts was THE TRUTH. But that was just the beginning. Some of the other casualties will eventually recover. Some never will. Let's touch on just a few of those other casualties.
Martin and his high-priced whore Toad McMurtry's callous efforts to cover Shorty's tracks during the removal hearing may have permanently damaged the careers and reputations of a number of Villa Hills police officers. It has gotten so bad that brain-dead hillbillies are calling Chief Goodenough "CROOKED ASS" on social networking sites. Neither Martin nor McMurtry could care less. Not yet anyway.
Martin and Toad McMurtry also painted a picture of a City government stocked with untalented, unmotivated, untrained employees. Martin and Toad McMurtry excused away many of the things that happened under Shorty's leadership as the result of employees who simply didn't know or care or understand how to follow the law. Martin has been in charge for two miserable years. When does he begin to train them? We are told interim City Clerk Sue Bree is looking into it.
Martin and-to use Toad McMurtry's unfortunate expression-the baboons from the Civic Club have literally spent years trashing the reputations of elected officials who served with distinction and were guilty of nothing more than expecting Martin to obey the same laws as everyone else. That defamatory effort came to a conclusion when four incumbents were voted out of office three days ago. The good news? Martin is soon going to understand what people mean when they say, "be careful what you ask for".
Once-universally respected senior members of the community sold their souls to save Shorty. One resident went so far as to lie to Special Counsel, telling him that Martin did not charge for electrical work he performed. This after earlier telling law enforcement officials that Martin did charge for the work. While it is a shame, this resident made the personal decision to lie.
Long-standing friendships have been destroyed over differing views of Martin. Some people are still fooled by his charitable golfing elf facade. Others see right through it. As if the fate of an unremarkable, itinerant handyman really matters. All of this. For Martin? Maybe you. But not us.
[EDITOR'S NOTE: Given the long list of people who have been greatly harmed just by virtue of coming in close proximity of the malfeasant Martin, Jim Cahill, Amy Balson, Rod Baehner, Holly Isenhour, Brian Wischer and the retread Mary Koening better have their eyes WIDE OPEN come January 1.]
