Friday, March 29, 2013

LONG WEEKENDER II: False Hope

The Martin Chronicles must admit that even we are surprised by how quickly Villa Hills’ malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin’s once-heralded “Golden Moment” has elapsed. Upset by what was incorrectly described as “bickering” and “infighting”; voters surrounded Martin with six different council people. These voters carried with them the false hope that all of the turmoil of Martin’s first two years in office was as Martin described it.

While it seems like a long, long time ago now, you surely remember the maudlin Martin’s litany of excuses. Absolutely everything was someone else’s fault. It was as if the micromanaging Martin wasn’t even really sitting in the mayor’s office. It was as if the mismanaging Martin had no control over the persistent problems. It was if the mendacious Martin’s seemingly endless stream of LIE after LIE after LIE after LIE after LIE after LIE after LIE was somehow irrelevant.

Reasonable people are now beginning to realize that their hope for whatever they thought “peace” was isn’t possible as long as a “Mayor” Martin is part of the equation. Even so, these people have no choice but to watch what damage is done to their once-respected town between now and November 4, 2014.

·         Martin has rid himself of long-serving City Attorney Mike Duncan and replaced him with an oddly-still-unnamed attorney whose appointment has already been objected to by some on council. That does not bode well.

·         Martin has hired Koenig Cabana Boy Craig Bohman to serve as his City Administrator, disguising Bohman as the new “City Clerk”. This despite the fact that Martin was always opposed to Villa Hills even having a City Administrator.

·         Martin’s complete lack of budgeting and management ability is leading to ongoing, serious budget problems and more MAXIMUM-ALLOWED-BY-LAW TAX INCREASES.

·         Martin’s SECRET PLAN TO DISBAND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT has been prematurely revealed, causing turmoil at council meetings and uncertainty throughout Villa Hills.

·         Martin has paid himself more than $23,000 OF YOUR MONEY reminding people of the dishonesty that was revealed about his ILLEGAL BUSINESS PRACTICES and led to his CONVICTION OF SEVEN OF NINE COUNTS OF OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT AND NEGLECT OF DUTY.

Oh, and it is going to get worse. Thanks in large part to people the likes of Mike Pope, Jim Noll, the civic club ass clowns, the burgeoning hillbilly voting bloc, local neo-Nazis, Tea Party wing nuts, the heavy drinking men of St. Jokers, the out-of-towners and EDDIE, it’s going to get much, much worse.

[PUBLISHER’S NOTE: There is a riddle going around Villa Hills that actually has deep meaning for the future of that troubled town. It goes like this. “What don’t you have when you do have a malfeasant moron, a vile ancient crocodile, a hagged-out bar tramp and a pothead? Do you know the answer? Don’t fret. Just try to answer it. We will provide you the correct-and important-answer in a future post. Happy Easter everyone.]