We truly do hate to see the mess Martin and his hillbilly lynchmob continue to make. But our publisher reminds us that we wouldn't be racing to 80,000 unique visits without Martin's mayhem. And so it goes.
Some initial observations:
- Polling places are crowded. While we believe it is mostly a result of the great interest in the race for the White House, we suspect the Martinite tall tale of woe of "bullying" and "blaming" does have some traction that will manifest itself to some degree in the council election results.
- Sources report that the loudmouth Janet Martin looked mighty cold standing out in front of River Ridge with her "Please elect an all new council" sign. You have to give the devils their due though. They don't have the first (EXPLETIVE) clue about truth, integrity and governing-but they know how to whip the unwashed masses into a false frenzy.
- It was no surprise to hear that Martin crony-hire, $47.50 per hour of your money, totally unqualified clerk/bookkeeper Cordelia Schaber is standing next to the loudmouth Janet Martin at River Ridge. Old Cordie was waving one of her husband Dale's campaign signs. The self-professed "watchdog with lipstick" is trying to protect her grossly over-paying gig. You know, the one she claims she resigned from a year ago? Isn't she still getting paid?
- The predicted unleashing of Martin's lawlessness has begun even before the first votes are counted. Two Martin thugs who were driving a van were spotted blocking incumbent signs with "Noll for State Senate" signs and later removing some of those signs at the Cincinnati Bell building on the corner of Amsterdam and Collins. The van's plates were run. The owner of the van-a key member of Martin's hillbilly lynchmob-was identified. We won't reveal the name until the incumbents decide whether or not to press charges. But we will give you-and the thugs-a hint. Can you say "HAUNTED TRAIL"?
CRIME WAVE UPDATE!!
Sources confirm that the van-a.k.a. "get-a-way vehicle"-used in the sign-stealing incident is dark green and may have a broken tail light. We have already told you who the van belongs to. That is assuming you understand our hint, "HAUNTED TRAIL".CRIME WAVE UPDATE II !!
Sources confirm that the dark green van sped for the city border once the two perps knew they had been spotted. Perhaps they believed that leaving town via Buttermilk Pike would fool the authorities in to thinking they were not residents. Sorry Joe. They ran your plate number.MAYHEM UPDATE !!!
Our publisher received a phone call from a reporter who advised that they had just witnessed someone running over a Mary Koenig campaign sign. Leaning back in his chair and taking a puff on his cigar, our publisher shot back, "Unless old Mary was holding that sign at the time, you don't have much of a story."While he is a hard-driving task master, we really like our publisher. He is a craggy, cynical curmudgeon who understands that sometimes-like in 2010-the bad guys win. He regales us with stories of "the war" (Viet Nam? Korea? World War II? The War Between the States? We aren't sure just how old our publisher really is!) and reminds us of something very important nearly every day.
"Even when the majority disagrees with you, it doesn't mean that you are wrong."
