WEEKENDER: History Continues To Repeat Itself

The Martin Chronicles beloved publisher loves his research staff. Why? Because they are always on the prowl for information that provides context for the current disaster that is the misadministration of Villa Hills malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin. And Martin's leadership has indeed taken the once justifiably proud City to unmitigated disaster.

Remember the huge, recent front page story in The Kentucky Enquirer titled, "Villa Hills, a city divided"? Well, a similar headline appeared in the Saturday, January 27, 2001 Kentucky Enquirer, "Villa Hills divide widens".

There are many similarities to the problems sparked by former Mayor Steve Clark in the early days of the new millennium and the current mayhem that has been created by current corrupt and incompetent Mayor Martin:

• Both disasters seem to be prompted by personal grudges a Villa Hills mayor held against the local police department.
• Both mayors were closely scrutinized for their activities. The embarrassing turmoil that followed was perceived by many residents as retribution for that close scrutiny in both instances.
• In both cases, a large contingent of Villa Hills residents decided to rise up and speak out against the unwarranted actions of their mayor.
• In both cases, Mary Koenig was intimately involved in a troubling way.
• In both cases, a large amount of taxpayer money was spent on lawsuits, lawyers and legal actions precipitated by the mayors.
• In both cases, a large number of residents responded-and were unfairly criticized for their response-to the reckless actions of their mayors.

But there are differences:

• The early-millennium council was very proactive in addressing the problems created by the mayor despite  great personal cost. The reasonable members of the current council are hamstrung in their efforts to block Martin's recklessness and radicalism now. Koenig, Wischer and Menninger-Isenhour are fully supportive of Martin's efforts and provide the diminutive dictator the opportunity to break every tie vote to advance his extremist agenda.  
• The early-millennium mayor was smart enough to know when it was time to exit stage left. The current mayor is a dim-witted dolt who thinks he is some kind of messiah who will destroy the entire City if he thinks he must to accomplish his ultimate goals. This despite that fact that Martin has never clearly articulated those goals
• The reckless actions of the current mayor have directly caused an unprecedented crime wave in the City he falsely professed to "love". His answer to the crime wave? Everyone needs to buy guns and a whole lot of ammo.

The current disaster will only be solved by the voters removing Martin once and for all in 445 days. It should now be abundantly clear that Martin's exit is the only thing that will-to borrow a recent phrase-return the City to "lawfulness" and "normalcy". Will enough voters be paying attention to the terrible mess Martin has created on November 4, 2014?

That remains to be seen.