Oh, Martin
will have his emetic excuses ready. He’ll say that council has to approve HIS SNEAKY NEW ENERGY TAX immediately
in order to have it take effect January 1, 2014. He’ll say that he wants to do
this so that he can repeal the UNFAIR
$40 PER CAR STICKER TAX. Martin
will comfort everyone by saying that HIS
SNEAKY NEW ENERGY TAX is fairer. He’ll reassure people that everyone will now be forced to pay the
tax. Gee, that is reassuring. And
he’ll make sure that someone other than himself is set up to take the blame.
He’ll tell people that the City’s Finance Committee proposed this new tax. But
make no mistake about it; this is MARTIN’S
SNEAKY NEW ENERGY TAX.
Look, we hate
the UNFAIR $40 PER CAR STICKER TAX. Especially
since Martin has done very little actual street repair with work since taking
office in January 2011. But we aren’t so sure replacing the UNFAIR $40 PER CAR STICKER TAX with MARTIN’S SNEAKY NEW ENERGY TAX is any
better.
There is no
doubt that some people will pay less. But other residents will be kicked in the
shorts by MARTIN’S SNEAKY NEW ENERGY TAX. Want just one
example? How about senior citizens who were receiving a homestead exemption for
the UNFAIR $40 PER CAR STICKER TAX.
Many of these senior citizens are long-time Villa Hills’ residents who may live
in a less energy efficient home. The most they ever had to pay each year was
$40. You can rest assured that those senior citizens’ share of MARTIN’S SNEAKY NEW ENERGY TAX BURDEN
will be climbing. In some cases, it will increase significantly.
Does Martin
think it is “fair” to shift a greater portion of the local tax burden to
seniors who are often on fixed incomes? He evidently does. The good news?
Senior citizens are typically the most reliable voting bloc. And you can rest
assured that there will be a strong effort to make sure they remember next
November.
There are certainly
more casualties of MARTIN’S SNEAKY NEW
ENERGY TAX. Martin’s phony promises about “transparency” are now being
revealed as the LIES we always knew
they were. How can Martin justify trying to impose a new tax under the cover of
darkness? Is the timing so critical that the vote to approve MARTIN’S SNEAKY NEW ENERGY TAX couldn’t
wait until the televised council meeting later this month? If so, that reveals
Martin’s gross ineptitude and mismanagement. The voters’ hopes for greater cooperation between the mendacious mayor and the new City Council they elected last November are also being dashed. Why? Because at publication time Martin has answered none of council’s questions about HIS SNEAKY NEW ENERGY TAX. Even still, the tiny tyrant will push the council to approve HIS SNEAKY NEW ENERGY TAX tonight. While it isn’t entirely clear, Martin will probably get at the least the three votes he needs to impose HIS SNEAKY NEW ENERGY TAX.
Let’s say MARTIN’S SNEAKY NEW ENERGY TAX is
approved tonight. That won’t be the end of the tiny tyrant’s razzle dazzle. Remember
that a second reading and vote to take ONE
HUNDRED AND FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS out of the City’s taxpayer-funded cash
reserves is ready for the next televised council meeting. The residents are
being LIED to about the purpose of
that withdrawal. The money isn’t going to be used just to pay off “the
tri-level” and “free-up” money for street repair. Some still-undetermined
portion of the withdrawal will go to pay Martin’s ridiculous, tax-payer funded
legal bills.
Many insiders
are also convinced that Martin wants to pay off “the tri-level” so that he can
turn around and borrow a huge, seven-figure sum of money in the name of his
beloved street repair. Does imposing MARTIN’S
SNEAKY NEW ENERGY TAX, a significant draw-down of the City’s taxpayer-funded
cash reserve and incurring a colossal amount of new debt make any sense at all? Of course it doesn’t. No matter
what reassurances that may or may not come from the “human shield” City Finance
Committee.
We hope against
hope that City Council moves to table the vote on MARTIN’S SNEAKY NEW ENERGY TAX tonight. We hope against hope that
City Council insists that Martin answer all their questions before any vote is
taken. We hope against hope that City Council decides to go ahead and move to
repeal the UNFAIR $40 PER CAR STICKER
TAX and amend the ordinance to impose MARTIN’S SNEAKY NEW ENERGY TAX to ensure that the new revenue is
restricted to street repair before any final vote is taken. Even if the MARTIN'S SNEAKY NEW ENERGY TAX is a little late being imposed upon the taxpayers.
This is all so much nonsense and deceit. This is all so sneaky, sneaky, sneaky. This is
all so much Martin.
