The Martin Chronicles has been checking and double-checking a number of sources. Why? We are attempting to get a sense about whether or not VILLA HILLS' MALFEASANT MAYOR MIKE MARTIN'S NEW ENERGY TAX will become law at the monthly televised City Council meeting this Wednesday night.
Please keep in mind that the mendacious Martin only needs three votes to get it done. Once again, why? Because if a vote ends in a three-to-three tie, Martin can break that tie to enact HIS SNEAKY NEW ENERGY TAX.
To be blunt, we aren't sure how a vote will go. We do know that Martin desperately wants to pass HIS SNEAKY NEW ENERGY TAX. Yet again, why? Because he wants to be able to go door-to-door in his looming re-election campaign, beating his chest and claiming he kept his as-yet-unfulfilled promise to repeal the UNFAIR $40 PER CAR STICKER TAX. This despite the undeniable fact that he voted to impose that UNFAIR $40 PER CAR STICKER TAX ALL THOSE YEARS AGO.
City Council needs to decide if that is sufficient justification for jamming senior citizens, River Ridge Elementary, Villa Hills Ameristop, Villa Madonna Academy and Madonna Manor with A MUCH HIGHER TAX. We aren't sure if they will.
City Council also needs to decide if that is sufficient justification for replacing one tax that is directly linked to roads-cars are what drive on the allegedly deteriorating roads, after all-with one that has absolutely no linkage-direct or otherwise-to the wear-and tear on the City's streets. We aren't sure if they will.
Besides, if the miscreant Martin is truly dedicated to street repair, why is he asking City Council to TAKE TWENTY-NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS OUT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET TO PAY HIS ATROCIOUS LEGAL FEES? To be kind, that makes absolutely no sense at all.
There is more evidence that Martin's professed commitment to street repair is just another LIE. Despite the fact that several people and organizations in the town Martin falsely professes to love will be taking it squarely in the shorts, MARTIN'S SNEAKY NEW ENERGY TAX actually brings in less revenue than the UNFAIR $40 PER CAR STICKER TAX. Martin's entire proposal is nothing more than an election-year boondoggle.
Here's a novel idea. At least novel for Martin. Perhaps the diminutive dictator could step out from behind all of his Executive Orders empowering him to arrest dissidents and his taxpayer-funded hired guns and show some leadership. He is the self-proclaimed "CEO" after all.
Why doesn't Martin launch a nearly year-long campaign to inform voters about the real problems with Villa Hills streets? Why doesn't Martin ask the voters to finally approve a road tax ballot initiative that will provide sufficient funding?
Why? We believe its because Martin's only concern is being re-elected. Everything else is just for show.
What will City Council do Wednesday night? We aren't quite sure.
How about the voters. What will they do on November 4, 2014?
We'll know the answer to that question in 378 days.
