It looks like newcomers Baehner, Balson and Cahill have learned at least a little something from what happened to their council predecessors-and virtually anyone else who comes into contact with the fraudulent Martin. Meaning? They seem to understand that you take anything Martin tells you at face value at your own great peril. There also seems to be a growing awareness of-and a wise desire to avoid-Martin's reflexive penchant for blaming everyone else for his endless string of foul-ups, bleeps and blunders.
Baehner's interesting call for "patience" as Martin moves forward with his long-standing plan to disband the police department serves as strong evidence that there is also a nervous realization that Martin will sick his lamebrained hillbilly lynchmob on any "dissidents" with little provocation. We suspect that Martin will be handled carefully-like a crazy uncle- for at least awhile.
Several sources tell us that Koenig "has no use" for Martin and she is very open about considering him "a dimwit". We find ourselves in the somewhat awkward position of saying we agree with Koenig this time. Look for Koenig to begin pressing Martin just a little harder each month. She considers him "toast" and is looking down the road to 2014 when she can get her own candidate elected mayor. It is unclear who that candidate is. At least for now.
HBM-I and Wischer are mostly just compliant neighbors of Koenig. They all share a backyard connected to Harry Rigney Park and a passing interest in settling some old scores. Look for HBM-I and Wischer to vote exactly how Koenig tells them to. Don't expect any "contributions" beyond that from either one of them.
One ongoing problem serves as a crystal clear window into the inner workings of the abject failure known as the Martin mis-Administration. Namely, the tangled mystery of the City's financial records. A city populated with nearly eight thousand people of purportedly above-average intelligence have two people (Mike Martin and Cordelia Schaber) whose combined IQs may not add up to 100 overseeing roughly three million of their tax dollars annually. We say "purportedly" because these people of purportedly above-average intelligence actually elected one of these two people with "half-century" IQs to govern them.
Look, we are fairly confident that nothing illegal has happened with the City's finances. Except maybe for the cash that was collected for THE UNFAIR $40 PER CAR STICKER TAX that has gone missing. No. We just think that Martin and Schaber are so profoundly stupid that they have bollixed the City's financial records beyond the point of recognition.
Why else do you think Martin refuses to let Schaber leave despite the fact that she resigned in November 2011? Can you imagine the uproar that would occur if a REAL accountant came in and discovered the incredible mess that Martin and Schaber have made. Even a remarkably skilled liar like Martin would have a hard time explaining it all away.
He would just blame it on somebody else.
"DAG! Cipherin' is sure enough HARD!"
[For the record, 11 of our 15 posted predictions for 2013 have already happened or are underway. And it's only February 21!!!! Are these clowns predictable or what?]
