The Martin Chronicles publisher has developed a wide range of sources over the years. He has received word from his contacts with the Kentucky League of Cities ( KLC) in Lexington about some of the goings-on at the Newly-Elected Officials Training held there this week. It's not like we need a whole lot more evidence about the "wisdom" of the voters of Villa Hills. But the evidence just keeps rolling in!
As you would expect, HBM-I was one of the Villa Hills taxpayer-funded attendees. Several witnesses told our publisher that they were not impressed by Holly Boo-Boo's classroom performance. Her "performance" in the Embassy Suites Manager's Party Room has left an ever-lasting impression however.
An economist might say that HBM-I's "propensity to consume" free alcohol was off the charts. A number of long-time KLC observers simply said that they hadn't seen anybody that loaded since Foster Brooks performed at the annual KLC convention in 1996. Our reporters are still trying to find out how a Villa Hills Civic Club bar stool made it to the Embassy Suites.
While we are on the subject of Holly Boo-Boo, we have to address her comments at Wednesday's council meeting. HBM-I tried to explain away the fact that she skipped the recent SECRET MEETING discussion of the now-defunct Civil Service Commission to sit and drink less than a hundred yards away with the ass clowns at the civic club. HBM-I assured everyone that while she ducked the meeting, she "did her homework" on the issue.
First of all, we know better. We know that ancient alligator Mary Koenig had already given HBM-I her marching orders on how to vote. Look, if Holly Boo-Boo had done so much "homework" on the issue, didn't she owe it to her colleagues to come to the meeting to share her insights? She took the oath. She should do the work.
While we are on the subject of-in this case potential-embarrassments, we are hearing that one-term councilmember and failed State Senate candidate Jim Noll is Villa Hills malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin's clear top pick to replace long-serving City Attorney Mike Duncan. Only because we enjoy a good spectacle, we are really, really, really pulling for this one.
In any normal City (not Villa Hills) questions might be raised about the judgment of such an appointment. While we are making no such allegation, questions are already being raised about a potential quid pro quo. Some-but not us- are suggesting that Janet Martin's active participation in Noll's failed State Senate bid right in the middle of her hare-brained husband's removal hearing really wasn't enough to secure Noll's GUARANTEED "NO" VOTE against removal. Some-but not us-are offering the theory that the promise of the City Attorney's post was necessary to guarantee a "NO" VOTE from the unemployed attorney.
Yes, it appears that the hillbilly voters in Villa Hills ARE GETTING EXACTLY WHAT THEY VOTED FOR. The rest of us are going to have to wait the 655 days until November 4, 2014 to see of there is any hope for what is left of Villa Hills.
