The Martin
Chronicles thinks that any reasonable person who has been paying attention to
the ridiculous twists and turns of the past three months will come to the same
conclusion we have. What is that? Well, the electorate surrounded Martin with
an entirely new council hoping there would be whatever they thought “peace”
might be. Instead, we are seeing Martin’s “Fools-Golden Moment”.
As we wrote
in a recent post, we have forensic accountants trying to make sense of the paper
trail left in the wake of Martin receiving a TAXPAYER-FUNDED payment of more
than $23,000 of YOUR MONEY. We are
preparing a line-by-line report to present to you in the next few days. But
let’s hit on a number of the important issues.
First, the
City Purchase Order that was issued to generate the $23,000-plus
taxpayer-funded payment to Martin was approved by the signature of, well, uh,
Mike Martin himself. We understand that Villa Hills’ City government is small.
But Martin approving such a large taxpayer-funded payment to himself at best doesn’t look good. At worst? Draw your own conclusions.
Second, a
careful review of the invoices from Martin’s then-personal attorney Toad
McMurtry does not indicate that the $23,000-plus fee was ever paid-in-full. We
will report how the documents leave an amount of more than $13,000 -how best to say it-a mystery. So what does this mean? Draw your own conclusions.
Third,
we are told that Martin refuses to produce any canceled checks or credit card receipts
documenting that what he owed to Toad McMurtry was indeed paid-in-full. His
reason? Martin says he won’t produce the documentation because it is
“personal”. That defense is the proverbial bucket without a bottom. It won’t
hold a single drop of water. Why? Because when THE TAXPAYERS foot a bill of over $23,000 It is certainly not
“personal”. The meaning of Martin’s refusal to provide thorough documentation
for the TAXPAYER-FUNDED $23,000-plus
payment? Draw your own conclusions.
Fourth, we
suggest you compare Toad McMurtry’s bill to that of Special Counsel Phil
Taliaferro’s invoice for services rendered to the City of Villa Hills. While
you are doing that comparison, keep in mind that Mr. Taliaferro and others in
his firm worked for well over a year leading up to the October, 2012 removal
hearing. Toad McMurtry? Well, Martin hired him in September, 2012 and the
invoices indicate that he billed Martin into January, 2013. The math? Far less
than half the time Taliaferro and his staff tried to sort out Martin’s Official
Misconduct and Neglect of Duty. Our suggestion? Draw your own conclusions.
Fifth, the
rumor mill is suggesting that Martin is about to bring on his former personal
attorney Toad McMurtry to replace outgoing City Attorney Mike Duncan. That same
rumor mill is suggesting any number of possibilities. Our advice to you? Draw your own conclusions.
Finally, ever
since Martin’s 2007 FORGERY ARREST,
through his dirtbag 2010 mayoral campaign and during the entire dreadful first
two years as mayor Martin has made it a routine habit of suggesting other
long-serving public officials have committed all manner of wrongdoing. We
aren’t telling you what to think about Martin’s $23,000-plus cash windfall. We
are suggesting something else. And that is? Draw
your own conclusions.
[EDITOR'S NOTE: We are working on an in-depth report in to Martin's hiring of vile ancient crocodile Councilman Mary Koenig's CABANA BOY Craig Bohman as City Clerk. Stay tuned.]
[PUBLISHER'S NOTE: A long time observer of Northern Kentucky political corruption recently quipped, "How is it that the Butler County, Ohio prosecuter was able to indict the GROUNDHOG and the overly-ambitious Rob Sanders fumbled Mike Martin's FORGERY indictment? Pitiful, pitiful, pitiful."]
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