Is There Any Kind Of A Plan?

The Martin Chronicles has been watching the turmoil in malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin's Villa Hills for some time. We'll set aside a few of the obvious problems-and that is isn't easy-for the purposes of this post. We'll leave all of the corruption and cronyism that is rampant in Martin's misadministration for future posts.

Our question today? What on God's green earth is Martin's plan? What is he trying to accomplish? It seems that he is just causing one crisis after another with no sense of purpose. A reasonable person could certainly conclude that he is intentionally trying to foul things up so much that they are beyond repair. Or, they could conclude that Martin is a massively incompetent boob. Worse yet, it could be both.

So, what is Martin trying to do?

• Despite admissions from other Cities-including a published statement from Ft. Mitchell's mayor-that Martin has approached them on pricing for police coverage, he continues to deny what he's been doing. Martin and others act as if all of the public sentiment supporting a fully-staffed, local department is wrong-headed and based on some misunderstanding of an "unfortunate word" he inadvertently uttered. Then he turns around and tells a Kentucky Enquirer writer that he "still wants to outsource police coverage". The fact that many people don't trust Martin's mishandling of this important issue should be no surprise.
• Martin continues to portray himself as some kind of budget hawk. This despite the fact that a year-end budget amendment has been necessary every year he has been in the mayor's office. His response? It's somebody else's fault. Blame the previous council. Blame the local police department. But, no, Martin refuses to take any blame. Despite the fact that he is the self-proclaimed "CEO". His incessant fussing about paper towels, coffee, car washes and postage meters represents the gnats, while the taxpayers must continue to swallow six-figure overtime charges, tens of thousands of dollars poured in to an unused park that abuts the property of at least two current council members, indefensible legal fees and nonsensical budget amendments.
• Martin wants taxpayers to believe that spending ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY THOUSAND TAXPAYER DOLLARS now to "allegedly" reduce FORTY-FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS in annual payments is somehow "SAVING MONEY". Talk about your infamous "fuzzy math". Yes, there are some blind loyalists who believe Martin. And, maybe the entire City Council supports spending the ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY THOUSAND TAXPAYER DOLLARS now as well. Just remember, if everyone believes a square is a circle, its still a circle. This is inexplicable.  
• Martin wants taxpayers to believe that he is some kind of hillbilly messiah acting as an agent of change. If by change Martin means a CONFIDENTIAL REPRIMAND from the Villa Hills' Ethics Board, the operation of an ILLEGAL electrical and plumbing contractor business, a dressing down from a judge from her bench for ILLEGALLY DESTROYING CITY RECORDS and a CONVICTION on SEVEN OF NINE COUNTS OF OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT and NEGLECT OF DUTY, then he is indeed an agent of change. But is it change for the better? Hell no.

Look, there is no coherent plan that will ultimately benefit the taxpayers. Martin is simply using taxpayer money to settle old scores that arose from his 2007 FORGERY ARREST.

Two separate courts tossed out Martin's $1.505 MILLION CASH GRAB LAWSUIT against the taxpayers. So, he is using taxpayer money in other ways to finish his vendetta instead.

It's as plain as the cheesy moustache beneath Martin's nose.