The Martin Chronicles first wants to extend sympathy to the victims of the terrorist attack in Boston. Our thoughts and prayers are with them and their families. We hope the people responsible will be brought to justice quickly.
We live in a great country. Americans cherish their many freedoms and have always been most willing to take action to protect them. These freedoms come under assault everywhere. Including in the embarrassed burg of Villa Hills.
We can see this coming from a thousand miles away. Villa Hills malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin has hired his personal attorney to now also serve as the TAXPAYER-FUNDED City Attorney. Who is it? The one and only Toad McMurtry.
First Martin signs an Executive Order in to law giving him sweeping powers to have people removed-and even arrested-at any City meeting. Then Martin signs an Executive Order mandating police presence at every City meeting. For the uninitiated, the two are directly connected. The common thread? Martin is attempting to bully his opposition in to silence and submission.
Do you want to know what else is directly connected? Toad McMurtry's creepy comments in a recent article in the feeble weekly newspaper. McMurtry talked about "lawfulness" in that article. "Lawfulness" is Toad McMurtry's threatening "code word" to the opposition to Martin's SECRET PLAN TO DISBAND THE VILLA HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT that they had better SHUT UP.
Martin's Executive Order providing him almost unprecedented power at meetings includes definitions for disrupting meetings, unlawful assembly, disorderly conduct, riot in the second degree, failure to disperse and harassment. Here's what we don't know for sure. Who will be providing the interpretation of these laws and determining whether or not any law has been violated?
In a normal situation, this interpretation and determination would be carried out by law enforcement. But remember, this is Martinville. This is definitely not a normal situation.
Our guess is that Martin himself will be passing judgment on the behavior of those attending City meetings. Oh, and Toad McMurtry will be providing Martin with the "legal" cover to have people removed and even arrested if that is what the malevolent mayor desires. If a court later tosses out an arrest, McMurtry will simply say we should forgive Martin for having what he will oddly describe as "a Mitt Romney moment".
If you watched the March council meeting on the Government Channel, you didn't see very much of Martin's provocative, threatening behavior and comments. WCPO showed more of it. You see, Martin actually provoked the disturbance that night by yelling at people in the audience and actually coming around the council table and wagging his finger in people's faces.
Why did Martin lose control? Mostly because he is nothing more than a thin-skinned, tin-pot dictator who will tolerate no disagreement. Now he has a henchman in McMurtry who will provide cover.
Everyone had better be careful. Or Martin will start "picking you off one at a time".
[EDITOR'S NOTE: The monthly non-secret meeting is tomorrow night. It's gonna be interesting. We'll provide full, in-depth coverage.]
