Monday, October 14, 2013

"THE SEVENTH COUNCILMEMBER"?

The Martin Chronicles is well aware of many famous-and infamous-examples of people who somehow become an additional force in groups comprised of a pre-set number of members.
Let's examine this. 

Some famous examples include the Texas A&M Aggies, who trademarked the term “The Twelfth Man” in 1990 to describe the home field edge their football team receives from their rabid fans. Record producer-extraordinaire George Martin -and a few others - came to be known as “The Fifth Beatle” for their excellent work with the Fab Four from Liverpool. Some NASA veterans consider the homemade vest-wearing Flight Director Gene Krantz “The Fourth Apollo Astronaut” on America’s moon-landing missions. Batgirl worked her way into the “Dynamic Duo” of Batman and Robin for her daring crime fighting exploits against the likes of The Joker, The Riddler and The Penguin.
 

 

Villa Hills’ residents have provided us an infamous example. Many locals are now describing malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin’s personal-and now City-Attorney Toad V. McMurtry as “The Seventh Villa Hills Councilmember”. Why? Because of Toad’s inappropriate ventures in to matters of policy. Do you want examples? Toad recently-and inappropriately-told the council they should borrow some seven-figure sum of money for street repair. Toad also inappropriately urged council to approve MARTIN’S NEW ENERGY TAX at the October untelevised caucus meeting.

Most Villa Hills’ citizens don’t think Martin’s personal-and now City-Attorney should be straying in to the realm of policy-making. Nobody voted for Toad. They’re upset enough by the fact that Martin needs the City Council to re-direct TWENTY-NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS out of the taxpayer-funded Public Works budget-that should be spent on street repair-to pay for the diminutive dictator’s out-of-control legal expenses.  Most inhabitants of strife-torn Villa Hills are complaining, “Enough is enough!”

 
 



A large number of Villa Hills’ residents tell us they no longer believe that Emil Sitka should be considered “The Fourth Stooge”. Despite the fact that Sitka appeared in almost forty films with Larry, Moe and Curly Joe (and sometimes the amazing Shemp), these townies believe their mismanaging Mayor Mike Martin deserves the coveted “Fourth Stooge” designation.  

Even with the election of six new councilmembers and the hiring of two new hired-guns to assist the struggling mayor, this growing number of people know that things are still spiraling out of control in Villa Hills. No one would be the least bit surprised if Martin repeatedly smacks himself in the face at the next Council meeting, stands up, and walks around to the front of the council table, lays down on his side and begins to do the famous, circular “Curly Walk”.

Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk.