The Martin Chronicles is watching the simmering pot that is malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin's Villa Hills with a great deal of interest. Judging by the huge, public show of support, a clear majority of the troubled town's residents strongly oppose Martin's radical plan to disband the local police department.
Martin was elected mayor in 2010 by cobbling together a coalition of people who had one form or another of grievance against the City government. Martin then lured an additional razor-thin majority of voters with a vague promise of "change" and LIES about his $1.505 MILLION lawsuit against the taxpayers of Villa Hills. It was just enough to get him elected. But no amount of votes will change him from the incompetent and corrupt boob that the last two-and-a-half years have clearly demonstrated him to be.
How clueless is Martin? He praised himself for saving some amount of police overtime immediately following a report from Chief Dan Goodenough that the Kenton County Police had been asked to assist Villa Hills' extremely short-handed department's efforts to curb a huge uptick in crime. So, while Martin was crowing about how great he thinks he is, vandals were destroying car windows and mirrors with baseball bats. Besides, we have learned that the Kenton County Police "no-showed" at least one shift they were supposed to cover. Thank you, Judge Arlinghaus.
Some aggrieved Martin supporters occasionally poke up their heads to rail against those who support the local police via mean-spirited editorials or by vandalizing pro-police signs. One gasbag even wrote that former council members who have publicly supported the police should "take their signs and leave town". To that gasbag in particular and the rest of the aggrieved-deal with it. The US Constitution's First Amendment allows freedom of speech and assembly. No number of threats from City Attorney Toad V. McMurtry, Executive Orders from the dictatorial Martin or even your own heartburn can change that. Losing a council election does not lead to loss of citizenship in Villa Hills either. Unfortunately, Martin is living proof of that.
For those who support the local police or are even still somehow unaware what is happening in your City, you had better become aware of this. Martin has already SQUANDERED MORE THAN $30,000 OF YOUR MONEY in his ham-handed attempt to terminate Assistant Chief Schutzman. That's a whole lot of postage meters, my friends. Oh, its worse than that. The "billable hours" meter is still running on hyper-drive.
