Why would this turmoil make Martin happy? Think about it. When people are spending their time fretting about Martin dismantling their PD, they aren't thinking about the $23,000 TAXPAYER-FUNDED BONUS CHECK THAT MARTIN RECENTLY PAID HIMSELF. The mendacious Martin is betting that the wahoo ass-hats who comprise the bulk of his support can't multi-task. It's obvious that Martin really doesn't care what the rest of us think. Just look at how he is ignoring the public's wish to stop his push to outsource.
It takes a great deal of raw nerve for an insipid, sanctimonious scandal-monger like Martin to sign a purchase order authorizing a $23,000 TAXPAYER-FUNDED BONUS PAYMENT TO HIMSELF. Say what you will. It certainly has at the very least the appearance of impropriety. Some on council continue to ask Martin for proper documentation of this transaction. None has been produced. We don't expect it ever will be produced.
If Martin has learned anything over the dreadful two-and-a-half years of his mis-administration, he has learned that council can't really compel him to do anything. The previous council certainly had no luck convincing him he should do something as obvious as obeying the law. Why should he worry about something as trivial as proper documentation for his $23,000 TAXPAYER-FUNDED CASH EXPLOSION BONUS?
Martin believes the current council will be extremely reluctant to press him too hard on HIS TAXPAYER-FUNDED BONUS. He may be right. The memory of his loony hillbilly lynch mob bullying the previous council at other public forums is most likely fresh in each one's memory. Who wants to listen to backstabbing pinheads wax ineloquently about the "wonderful things" Martin does for people?
But why wasn't this handled less controversially? Sure, Martin's personal-and now also TAXPAYER-FUNDED CITY-Attorney Toad McMurtry's billings seem extremely high either way. But if Martin had simply authorized the City to pay McMurtry the $23,000 directly it would have made a lot more sense. Toad could have then reimbursed the miscreant Martin for any amount that the itinerant handyman had already paid.
No, this issue has not been resolved. Nor has it gone away. Things around town are about to get much, much worse.
