The Martin Chronicles knows it really isn't unusual for political hacks and ne'er do wells to miss the forest for the trees. It can happen for many reasons. Personal agendas. Obsessions. Sheer stupidity. Insiders tell us that Hills Villa malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin has taken that inability to "see the forest" to new lows.
On November 2 we reported Martin's angst over $8.00 car washes. We have learned that Martin is now focusing his ire on another vexing problem. What is Shorty upset about now? Well, thanks to some extensive research conducted by MARY HARDMAN, Martin has set off the alarm bells about how much money employees have spent on coffee. Coffee? No way, right? Yes, coffee.
So just how bad is it? Well, its bad. Really bad. Terrible, in fact. MARY HARDMAN has shockingly uncovered the scandalous fact that $356 has been spent on coffee so far this year. To put that in better perspective, that figure averages out to almost $2.25 a day since the new fiscal year began! It's better if you try not to think about the fact that MARY HARDMAN has been paid quite a bit more than that and these are the kinds of things your tax dollars are funding. Moving along.
There is a silver lining to all of this. Crack bean-counter Jim Cahill will be joining council come January 1. In fact, sources tell us that Cahill is already all over "the coffee case". No doubt his insight will help get these kinds of cost overruns under control.
Perhaps they will even do something to address the needless $200,000 in police overtime.
[EDITOR'S NOTE: We are working on more shocking cost-overrun stories to deliver in upcoming posts.]
