Is There A "Plan B" Being Cooked Up?

The Martin Chronicles has been in contact with a number of its sources. What they tell us indicates that close pals malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin and Judge Executive Steve Arlinghaus may be cooking up a "Plan B" to help the radical mayor make his equally radical plan to disband the Villa Hills Police Department to "outsource" protection from another agency a bit more palatable to the unhappy residents of their hometown.

So what are Arlinghaus and Martin cooking up? Well, our sources are telling us that Arlinghaus is browbeating both Martin and Crescent Springs Mayor Jim Collett in to forming a "police authority" to provide protection for Arlinghaus' hometown and for the neighboring City of Crescent Springs.

What does that tell us?

• First of all, Arlinghaus is looking for a campaign issue. Why? Because the Judge Executive knows he is facing a tough primary challenge.
• Secondly, it tells us that even a dimwit like Martin understands that the people he currently "rules" are strongly opposed to his radical plan to disband the VHPD.
• Thirdly, the people of Villa Hills should strongly consider the following fact. If Crescent Springs is even remotely interested in considering Arlinghaus' "Plan B", what does that tell you about the success of their "outsourcing"?

So what is going to happen?

• Look for Martin to soon begin to suggest the possibility of a "police authority" with Crescent Springs.
• Look for members of Martin's hillbilly lynchmob to soon try to make seemingly reasonable comparisons to a "police authority" with the current "fire authority" between Crescent Springs and Villa Hills.
• Also look for Martin supporters to chide those who oppose Martin's radical plan by saying, "How can we criticize elected officials for just trying to save money?". Despite the fact that there is no evidence that "outsourcing" or an authority would actually save money. The only solid evidence that is available is that police protection suffers. Not what Villa Hills needs in the middle of a huge crime wave.
• Look for Martin to cloyingly claim that he "has listened to the people" and just wants to "save a whole bunch of money" for street repair.

But what should the residents of Martin's troubled town remember?

• The facts clearly show that Martin only wants to finish his strange vendetta against Police Chief Goodenough and Assistant Chief Schutzman. Martin could care less about any financial savings. His dreadful mismanagement of the City budget is all the evidence you need for that.
• That there is no clear evidence that some combined PD will in any way benefit them.
• If "police authorities are such a wonderful idea, why did Crescent Springs kill the Dixie Police Authority all that many years ago?

So much for "the foreseeable future".