But HBM-I was actually right on the money when she came after the mendacious Martin at Wednesday's monthly council meeting. The reason? She criticized the miscreant Martin for the underhanded way the tiny tyrant is trying to ram through another tax increase-under the cover of darkness. Menninger-Isenhour actually said that Martin has been holding "secret meetings" to carry out his dark deception.
You see, Martin wants to enter his looming re-election bid by spinning yet another tall tale that he kept his solemn promise to get rid of the UNFAIR $40 PER CAR STICKER TAX. What the tiny tyrant will never say is that he replaced it with ANOTHER ONEROUS TAX. This time- following the footsteps of his mentor the bilious blowhard County Judge Executive Steve Arlinghaus-Martin hopes to replace at least some of the revenue generated by the UNFAIR $40 PER CAR STICKER TAX with a hide-stripping tax on residents' Duke Energy bills.
To her credit, Menninger-Isenhour hammered Martin for his complete lack of transparency on his new tax plan. She correctly explained that this new tax would harm people who had older-less energy-efficient-homes. Senior citizens who currently receive a "homestead exemption" for the UNFAIR $40 PER CAR STICKER TAX-you know, the one that Martin lied to 2010 voters about repealing-will see a significant increase in the taxes they pay to the diminutive dictator.
She was also right that this NEW, UNFAIR PROPOSED ENERGY TAX would generate less revenue than the UNFAIR $40 PER CAR STICKER TAX. The malevolent Martin's feeble response? He would get the additional revenue to fund his non-existent road program "out of the budget".
But of course that is just more Martin mendacity. After all, if he is able to squeeze money out of the current City Budget, why did he just ask council to give him an additional ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS out of the City's dwindling cash reserves to fund the taxpayer-funded lawyers he is employing to carry out his personal vendetta against the people who he blames for his 2007 FORGERY ARREST. Its utter-and typical-Martin nonsense.
Let's operate under the foolhardy assumption that-for once-Martin may actually be telling the truth. What does the diminutive dimbulb propose to cut out of the just-enacted City Budget to free up more money for his non-existent street program? Is he going to suggest further cuts to an already hampered police department? Is he going to suggest cutting the fire department budget? Is he going to cut loose his City Administrator disguised as a City Clerk? Again, remember that Martin has just asked council to free-up another ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS out of the taxpayer's dwindling cash reserve to pay for the incredible legal bills he is running up.
Martin is just slinging unadulterated hogwash. Just as he has been doing ever since he LIED his way in to the mayor's office on January 1, 2011. It is a massive understatement to describe what Martin has done since he took office as a DISGRACE. And its not enough to chalk it up to the fact that Martin is incredibly stupid. Even though he is incredibly stupid.
His seven convictions on OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT and NEGLECT OF DUTY, his REPRIMAND FROM THE VILLA HILLS ETHICS BOARD, his dressing down by a judge FROM THE BENCH FOR ILLEGALLY DESTROYING CITY RECORDS, his PROVEN UNLICENSED ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING CONTRACTOR BUSINESS and his perpetual telling of LIE after LIE after LIE after LIE after LIE after LIE has provided residents with ample PROOF that Martin is also a LAWBREAKER. There is really no room for debate of this FACT.
The Martin Chronicles is big enough to give credit where credit is due. Even to people we think have been mostly a disaster on the current City Council. Menninger-Isenhour is absolutely right this time. We don't think she has been right much before. But, again, she is clearly right this time. The dishonest Martin is-once again-behaving like the little cockroach that he is. The malfeasant mayor is scurrying around under cover of darkness, once again secretly attempting to take money out of the taxpayers' pockets.
People need to speak out before its too late.
