The Martin Chronicles continues to find all kinds of juicy tidbits in Friday's Kentucky Enquirer titled "Villa Hills, a city divided". We have to ask. Why did Villa Hills malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin feel compelled to take a cheesy cheap shot at the gentleman who has rallied a large number of residents in support of the local police department? Martin said he believes this fine gentleman doesn't want both sides of the story and would prefer to be part of the problem instead of part of the solution. Man, is that a ridiculous-and very insulting-comment.
The problem is Martin. He lied to residents for more than two years about his secret, radical plan to disband the local PD. It is now known that Martin and a former councilperson met with the City of Erlanger about providing police coverage even before Martin was elected. He lied to residents during his dirtbag 2010 mayoral campaign, deflecting voters' concern for Martin's vendetta against the local police by disingenuously saying "we all have to learn to work together".
Now Martin is scrambling. His big lie was revealed. Martin was hoping to keep his radical plan a secret until the deed was done. Even now, he continues his full-scale attack on the police department. That is why officers are leaving. We are convinced that Martin is intentionally making it so bad for the officers that they leave. Then he can smarmily claim that he has "no choice but to outsource coverage" and cloyingly profess that he "loves the City" and "safety is his first priority". The facts betray those claims as nonsensical lies.
Do very many people believe that Martin's hiring of part-time police officers demonstrates some real desire to restore the Villa Hills local department? Folks at St. Joes' festival certainly didn't think so. They believe this is just a temporary stop-gap measure Martin is using to bridge to his ultimate goal of eliminating the local department. These unsolicited festival attendees understand that Martin is a serial liar. If Martin's radical plan is put in to place, these part-timers will become just more debris in the diminutive dictator's vendetta against the people he wrongly blames for his 2007 forgery arrest.
The majority of residents-and it is a majority (three days of hearing people's comments at St. Joe's festival convinced our reporters of that)-who oppose Martin's radicalism and vendetta face tough sledding ahead. Why? Because County Judge Executive Steve Arlinghaus appears to be the real leader for what has been euphemistically dubbed "outsourcing".
Why would Arlinghaus do this? Probably because Arlinghaus is facing a very serious primary challenge for what he believes is his Kenton County kingdom. Arlinghaus is hoping he can portray himself as the "white knight" who rode in on his stallion to save his hometown of Villa Hills to secure a huge majority of votes. Arlinghaus is making a brazen, cynical political calculation.
But Martin is the problem.
