It's Almost Over!!!!!!!

The Martin Chronicles beloved publisher is throwing an epic party in our palatial offices. We have a renowned chef serving up incredible foods. We are also enjoying a wide open bar that is being assaulted by a hard-working staff that is trying to sample every adult beverage imaginable.

Why so much revelry? Because Mike Martin is just a couple of hours away from leaving the mayor's office-at least for now-after suffering an unprecedented ass-whuppin' in the last election. How absolutely great is that?

• We all hope that "the Martin era of corrupt and incompetent government" is just a couple of hours away from being over for good.
• We all hope that Mike Martin will, in just a couple of hours, finally decide to simply get on with his life and leave his "controversial" past behind him.
• We all hope that the losers in last November's election will accept the will of the voters and decide to do the right thing.
• We all hope that the next several years will be ones of peace, quiet and progress in the tiny little burg of Villa Hills.

But that doesn't mean we plan to go away.

Happy New Year!

 

The Martin Chronicles knows that when midnight strikes tomorrow, the most embarrassing era in the Villa Hills' history book will finally come to an end. The last four years of Mike Martin's-politely put-"governance" of the City of Villa Hills will conclude.

Virtually every dinosaur media outlet now correctly uses the adjective "controversial" when describing Villa Hills' outgoing mayor and the well-documented record he will leave behind.
The voters of Villa Hills resoundingly chose to retool its' ailing city government last Election Day because of that incessant controversy. The incumbent Mayor Martin suffered an historic, lop-sided rout at the polls last November 4.

Irrefutable logic dictates that when one era ends another era begins. The Martin Chronicles is very optimistic that the new era will be far better than the last. Almost everyone on all sides of the bitter controversy of the last four years has a rare opportunity for a fresh start.

We fully expect that incoming Mayor Irvin "Butch" Callery will provide steady, adult leadership in the mayor's office. No, Villa Hills certainly isn't Covington. But the experience Callery gained in Covington should make him very well prepared to tackle the many challenges facing the post-Martin Villa Hills.

Despite the fact that only one council incumbent will be returning in 2015, four of the six incoming councilmembers begin 2015 with a great deal of prior council experience. The two new council people certainly deserve an opportunity grow in to their new responsibilities as well. This council has a real opportunity to work closely with Mayor Callery to "right the ship" and focus on truly accomplishing good things that are in the best interest of Villa Hills.

The Martin Chronicles sincerely hopes that the huge number of people on the winning side of last November's election have some understanding of history. We would encourage all of them to look back at the accounts of America's Civil War for a guide to how they should behave in the days and months ahead.

At the end of America's very bloody Civil War, many of President Lincoln's closest advisors encouraged "Honest Abe" to enact very harsh measures against the Confederate rebels-soldiers and civilians alike. These close advisors believed that it was high time for retribution against the rebels who very nearly destroyed The United States.

But Lincoln was uniquely qualified to see the far bigger picture. The man who was born in Hardin County, Kentucky in the humblest of circumstances never backed down from championing positions that may have been unpopular at the time-but absolutely correct. He knew that the post-Civil War was not a time for revenge, but a time for healing. Lincoln's decision was to "let 'em (the Confederates) up easy".

The Martin Chronicles urges the many winners from last November's elections to  "let 'em up easy". Remember, Martin was resoundingly-and deservedly-rousted from the City's center seat by a tidal wave of voters last Election Day. Martin will be gone-at least for now. It is now the time to focus on the future of the city. Please, "Let 'em up easy". The war is over-again, at least for now.

We also have a request for those on the losing side of last November's election. Whether you like it or not, Mike Martin was resoundingly routed on Election Day. The people have spoken. In fact, they could not have spoken any louder. Please accept the obvious fact that is well past time to move on from the 2011-2014 Martin era.

The Martin Chronicles hopes that the losers understand that-while Martin is gone-the city's problems remain. Road repair still needs to be adequately funded. The local police department must be fully restored. The residents' faith in their local government needs to be rehabilitated. Mayor Callery and the new city council can use your help.

Losers, if you truly meant it when you said you want to "move the city forward", advance and be recognized. Do something that virtually every loser has failed to do in the past. It is time to demonstrate your sincere goodwill. Why not volunteer to serve on one of the many city committees? Why not put forth your plans. Why not express your thoughts. Why not offer your ideas. Why not make your feelings known.

Mike Martin will mercifully be gone when the clock ticks past 11:59:59 EST tomorrow night. But the many terrible problems Martin leaves behind will remain. It will take a great effort and a great deal of time to fix those many problems Martin leaves behind.

Are you willing to help?

 

SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: "Mayor" Martin's Final Sunday

The Martin Chronicles wonders if many of our readers realize that this is the final Sunday of Villa Hills malfeasant "Mayor" Mike Martin's Reign of Error (2011-2014 edition). Brothers and Sisters, its almost over. Can we have an "AMEN"!

Mike Martin will soon be out the door. His final day in the mayor's office (at least for now) is December 31, 2014. The Martin Chronicles is planning to have reporters and photographers on hand to record the final moments of Martin's terrible 2011-2014 Administration. We fully expect to take photos of Martin finally leaving the City Building at 23:59:59 (military time).

Our reporters are even hoping to get some final comments from the malfeasant "Mayor" Martin. We expect the final comments will be things like, "They just didn't understand how I was trying to help them", "I didn't know it was wrong then, but I know it was wrong now", "No one would ever work with me." and "I was the CEO, it was my decision. It was time to move on. Now I have to get over it".  Any way it goes, we can't wait!

Our reporters have spent a good deal of their time since November 4 talking to many people who interacted with "Mayor" Martin over the past four years. Our conclusion? Virtually everyone outside the city limits of Villa Hills had the little fella correctly sized up long before a majority of people inside the city limits did.

Several City vendors deeply dislike Martin. These vendors were tired of what they described as Martin's "ridiculous demands". As one vendor put it, "We always gave Villa Hills a fair price for our services. Even still, that little jerk wanted to nickel and dime us to death over the dumbest things. It was ridiculous. Martin is ridiculous. The things he demanded that we do actually ended up costing the taxpayers more money. What an idiot."

Another vendor described how Martin wanted him to falsify a document to make the tiny tyrant look good. "Hey, I run an honest business. It wasn't my job to pull Martin's chestnuts out of the fire. He clearly misrepresented the things we told him. No way. No how. He should have just told the truth."

Elected officials from several other Cities also hold Martin in low regard. Several had no problem telling our reporters what they really felt.

One official regularly interacted with Martin at the Kenton County Mayor's Group meetings. He said, "I've never dealt with a person like Martin before. He offered up the craziest suggestions, always thinking he was the smartest person in the room. What a joke. What in God's name were the voters in Villa Hills thinking when they elected that crooked dumbass?"

Another official laughed as he described the way the other members of the Kenton County Mayor's Group would make fun of Martin and his pal, Park Hills' Mayor Don Catchen. "It was hilarious. Everyone would take shots at Martin and Catchen. Neither one of them ever figured it out. It was very weird. Most of the time they actually laughed along with us. Martin can't be that stupid, can he?"

Members of the local dinosaur media also had Martin's number. Sure, it took longer than it should have. But they did figure Martin out long before the majority of Villa Hills voters did.

One local reporter said, "I'll never forget the last night of Martin's removal hearing in 2012. As I recall, the guy had just been convicted on seven of nine counts of official misconduct and neglect of duty. Two members of that council were obviously friends of Martin who voted against removing him. Martin hugged his wife and walked up to the cameras saying he had been "vindicated". Man, that was one strange press conference. Martin is a real oddball."

Another local reporter told us, "I always hated talking with Martin. He never told me the truth. Martin always believed that any good thing that happened was only because of him and everything bad was a plot hatched by people who were out to get him. I think he has serious problems."

Yet another local reporter said, "I've dealt with hundreds of politicians over the years. But I have never met anybody who is more comfortable with his lies than Mike Martin. Honestly, it was disgusting. He would tell us the truth when he was off the record and then lie to my cameras. It was fun to cover in the beginning. I finally got to the point where I dreaded getting a comment from him."

There won't be too many more comments coming from "Mayor" Martin.

WEEKENDER: 5 Days To Go

The Martin Chronicles can barely believe that Villa Hills'-very-soon-to-be-gone-malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin's Reign of Error will finally come to a long-overdue end in just 5 days. By the time the clock runs out, Martin will have mismanaged the City from the mayor's office for a miserable 1,461 days.

Martin's trail of rampant corruption, abject incompetence, waste, fraud, abuse and embarrassment actually stretches back more than a decade. The tiny tyrant really began launching his crazy witch hunts even before he was first elected to city council in 2004.

Martin created a carefully crafted cottage industry of calumny. He spread all manner of false allegations against people he oddly decided were his enemies. He preyed on the simple minds of the civic club ass clowns and stoked the misinformed hatred of the mean-spirited and the baselessly opinionated.  

Martin's endless stream of lies flowed through the last three election cycles. He was very narrowly elected mayor in 2010. He next conned voters in to giving him "a council he could finally work with" in 2012. Then, the little fella's luck-and lies- finally ran out.

You see, the last two years proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that Martin simply can't work with anyone. He was caught in a colossal lie when his long-held plan to disband the local police department was finally revealed to the public. That revelation provoked a huge backlash from a sizable segment of the residents who would no longer believe Martin's lies.

Many residents were outraged when Martin hired his own personal attorney to serve as the taxpayer-funded City Attorney. Large numbers were appalled when Martin signed a City Purchase Order that landed more than $23,000 in to his own pocket. Most reasonable, intelligent residents were sickened by Martin's unjustified mistreatment of the local police department's leadership. People were sickened and shocked by the fact that Martin had squandered more than $500,000 on lawyers and legal actions in the last two years of his mayoral term.

So, what was the straw that finally broke Martin's political back? That question deserves a two-part response. Martin finally buried himself back in March, 2014.

First, Martin was caught in a huge lie when he proudly stood before the television cameras and reporters' note pads of the local media last March, falsely assuring residents that, "Dan Goodenough is just taking a few days off." When the fact that Martin and his personal-and now City-Attorney had already met with Goodenough telling him to either resign or face public humiliation was revealed, it was devastating for the tiny tyrant.

Second, the incompetence and dishonesty of Martin was placed on full display for the entire Tri-State to see when the diminutive dictator was forced to admit under oath that he had "failed in his duty as mayor" at Goodenough's kangaroo court railroading. KABOOM!

In retrospect, there was nothing that could have saved Martin's political fortunes at that point. The little fella was a dead man walking. If for nothing other than entertainment purposes, The Martin Chronicles is happy that Martin still had no idea how much trouble he was in even after that.

How much damage did Martin do to himself by being caught in so many lies? Consider these facts.

>Villa Hills was named "The Best Community in the Tri-State Region" during Martin's final year as mayor.

>Villa Hills was selected "The Seventh Best Community in The United States" during Martin's final year as mayor.

>Despite all of charges of Martin's mistreatment of the local police department, Villa Hills was designated the "Third Safest City in Kentucky" during Martin's final year as mayor.

A reasonable person could conclude that an incumbent mayor whose city had received so many prestigious awards in the final year of his term would be absolutely unbeatable in the next election. The logic of that belief is almost inescapable.

But here is the fatal flaw in that "logic". It does not include the fact that such a mayor could have already revealed himself to be a pathological liar who could no longer be trusted by reasonable people.

The Martin Chronicles is now convinced that many voters simply didn't believe it when Martin announced that the City had earned so many prestigious awards. As they headed to the polls last November 4, they wondered to themselves, "Are these awards as real as Dan Goodenough's taking a few days off?"

The Martin Chronicles is equally convinced that many other voters simply decided that even if the City did win these accolades it was despite Martin, not because of Martin. In truth, these voters were exactly correct.

Martin's endless stream of lies were the major factor in his astounding 84% - 16% crushing defeat on Election Day, 2014. Yes, Martin got exactly what he deserved. Well, he actually deserved 0% of the vote. But as one wise political pundit once said, "Even Elmer Fudd could accidentally get 20% of the vote in most local elections". We guess that means Martin would have even lost to Elmer Fudd". Luckily for Martin, Fudd was not on the ballot.

Fans (and foes) of The Martin Chronicles shouldn't jump to any conclusions as the clock winds down on Martin's four dreadful years in the mayor's office. We won't be popping any champagne corks at 11:59:59 on January 31, 2014.

Why? Because our reporters have already learned that-despite-his-unprecedented-defeat-Martin has no intention of doing the right thing and just going away for good. Hey, Martin is simply not smart enough to understand that the voters have finally had enough of him. That is why we aren't going anywhere.

You see, Martin is already reassuring his few remaining followers that he is a "lock" to be elected to council in 2016. Martin is already planning a return to the mayor's office in 2018. Isn't that great news.

The Martin Chronicles reporters have also learned that Martin surrogates are already planning their own blog, titled "Callery Count". These surrogates are hoping to set the stage for their hero Martin's glorious return. What do we day?

Shhhhhhhh. We're (still) hunting Martins!

Merry Christmas!

The Martin Chronicles wishes everyone who ever has ever read our pesky little blog a "Very Merry Christmas". Even those pernicious pinheads who have publicly called us "vile and disgusting". We can't help it, even if you are fools. We still like you.

Happy, happy, happy! Villa Hills malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin will soon be out-the-door. Why? Because that terrible, tiny tyrant was absolutely annihilated 84% - 16% on Election Day, November 4, 2014. What a cruel joke Martin has been! Stink, Stank, Stunk! Yes, Martin has been, and forever more will be a corrupt idiot. Bye, bye you crook!

Whether you like us or not, MERRY CHRISTMAS to all. And, to all a GOOD NIGHT!

Our Early Christmas Presents

The Martin Chronicles beloved publisher and entire staff think the Christmas season truly is the most wonderful time of the year. No, not because of the gifts we might receive. We enjoy this season because it is a wonderful time to gather with family and friends to celebrate the amazing mystery of how a poor little boy born more than two thousand years ago in the humblest of circumstances, in an obscure part of the world, continues to have such a profound effect on humanity.

Don't ask us to explain that deep mystery. That is way above our pay grade. But we strongly suggest you enjoy this season of the winter solstice and cherish the far-too-fleeting time you spend with those who are near and dear to you.

But, then there are those presents. The Martin Chronicles received many early very early Christmas gifts in 2014. We are thankful for all of them. We'd like to write about a few of them.

First and foremost, we think every visitor to our pesky, little blog has been a wonderful gift. Even those of you who consider The Martin Chronicles "vile and disgusting". Our ever-growing readership makes the long hours, very hard work and-yes-risk taking certainly worthwhile. We could never have imagined that we would welcome roughly 300,000 readers to our site before the January 1, 2015 end of Martin's Reign of Error when we launched our pesky, little blog on October 8, 2011.

We were so happy to receive the gift of the knowledge that Martin's personal-and just for now City-Attorney Toad V, McMurtry was obsessed about uncovering the identities of the staff of The Martin Chronicles in late March. McMurtry wasted taxpayer money questioning witnesses at the former Police Chief's sham, railroad hearing unsuccessfully trying to uncover our identities. It was fabulous-and very wasteful. Thank you Toad!

We received a tremendous gift in very early May when civic club sources alerted us to the fact that the club's ass clown directors were hatching a sinister plot to spread lies and libel against anyone who might dare to challenge their hero, Mike Martin. Thank you, ass clown directors!

How nice was it to unwrap now-outgoing bilious blowhard Judge Executive Steve Arlinghaus' delicious Primary defeat on May 20. Arlinghaus and his cronies never saw it coming. Oh, how sweet it is! "Witch hunt", indeed. Thank you, bilious blowhard Arlinghaus!

We also received the great gift of-soon-to-be-former-Park Hills Mayor Don Catchen's surprise loss to a little-known write in candidate after Election Day, 2014. We admit that we don't know Catchen well. Except for the huge sums of Park Hills' taxpayer money he wizzed-away in a lawsuit resulting from his terrible treatment of Park Hills' former Police Chief. But Catchen got on our radar screen when he told anyone who would listen that he and the miserable Mike Martin "were the only mayors who had the balls to do what had to be done." Namely, screw-over their Police Chiefs. Thank you, Donny, boy!

But, the very best early Christmas gift The Martin Chronicles received in 2014 was the unprecedented annihilation of Villa Hills malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin on Election Day. 84% - 16%? We never saw that kind of ass-whuppin' coming. Heck, Martin was absolutely convinced that he was going to easily cruise to re-election (more about that later). How sweet it was! Thank you, voters of Villa Hills!

And Merry Christmas everyone!

SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: The Wreckage Martin Will Leave Behind

The Martin Chronicles obviously believes it's a great thing that Villa Hills malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin will be leaving office in a little more than ten days. We also believe the astounding 84%-16% defeat Martin suffered on November 4 cannot be rationalized away.

Martin and his now-very-small band of supporters could have said, "If only this" or "if only that" if the election had even been remotely close. But it wasn't. Martin was handed a decisive repudiation on Election Day. The voters left no doubt. Absolutely none at all.

Martin has done tremendous damage to the Villa Hills City Government and-far worse-to the lives of many people who did not deserve it. City Government will be repaired. It will take a great deal of hard work. It will most likely take some time. But, it will be done.

What of the many people Martin intentionally harmed? In many cases, the diminutive dictator went out of his way to damage the reputations and destroy the careers of several people who deserved far better. More disgracefully, Martin seemed to actually enjoy himself while doing it. That will be a great harder to fix.

Even Martin was aware of the dismal fact that he didn't have the mental capacity to engage in a reasoned debate of the issues. Instead, he resorted to false allegations against people he perceived to be his enemies. Pick anyone you want. Martin's predecessor. The 2011/12 City Council. The previous City Attorney. The former Assistant City Clerk. The previous Police Chief. The former Assistant Police Chief.

Take the terrible treatment of the previous police department leadership, for instance. An intelligent professional would have sat them both down and advised them that he needed to make a change and worked out amicable, fair separation packages for both men. But Martin is not intelligent. Nor is he professional.

Police Department sources tell us-under the condition of anonymity-that Martin was constantly trying to undermine the leadership of the Police Chief and Assistant Chief even before he took office in January, 2011. These same sources tell us that Martin's perpetual back-stabbing continued mostly behind the scenes for the next two years, seriously damaging the morale of the entire department.

Then came the election of 2012. Desperate to find a way to end the constant embarrassment of Martin's first two years in the mayors office, the voters provided the miniature mullah with enough votes on council that he could do almost whatever he wanted to do. One of the very first things Martin did was hire his personal attorney Toad V. McMurtry to serve as the taxpayer-funded City Attorney. Conflict of interest be damned. It was then, "Janet, bar the door!"

Martin made the Assistant Chief his first target. The puny potentate had some high-powered help. The aforementioned personal-and now City-Attorney Toad V. McMurtry and new City Clerk Craig T. Bohman helped Martin cook up a 55 gallon drum of now-proven-to-be-false allegations against the Assistant Chief. After an ugly, public spectacle, these three stooges eventually ran the Assistant Chief out of his job.

Martin then turned his sinister sights on the Police Chief. McMurtry and Bohman both played a major role in the railroading of the Police Chief as well. The Chief's sham hearing was another ugly, very-costly-to-the-taxpayers, public spectacle intentionally designed to do maximum damage to the Chief's reputation. Martin wasn't satisfied with just getting rid of the Chief. No, Martin wanted to humiliate the Chief.

Let's next consider the City Council of 2011/12. Four long-serving members of that council became understandably frustrated with Martin's incompetence, corruption and constant dishonesty. Over time, it became clear that Martin was breaking the law, illegally destroying City Records, misusing City resources and City personnel, funneling taxpayer money to cronies, making a mockery of State Statutes regarding Open Records, tampering with taxpayer-funded City computers and other equipment. And that is just a small sampling of Martin's lawlessness.

But Martin was able to fool a still-inattentive voting public yet again. The little liar was able to convince a large bloc of voters that his criminal acts weren't the problem. Instead, Martin somehow convinced the still-inattentive voters that the 2011/12 City Council's reaction to his criminal acts were the problem. So, those inattentive voters sent all four councilmembers packing on November 6, 2012, hoping things would get better. But they never did.  They got worse.

Three of those former 2011/2012 councilmembers bravely threw their hats back in the ring in 2014. Why? Because they wanted to fix the mess Martin has made. Despite their good intentions, they had to soldier through the bizarre-but ultimately unsuccessful-charges from the infamous "Martin Five" who tried to claim that these three wanted to stop the City from "moving forward". As if it had been moving forward under Martin's dishonest Reign of Error.

Some of the former councilmembers even had to contend with a slur campaign conducted by Martin's "underage army". Martinite minors snuck around-under the cover of darkness-taping defamatory letters to residents' doors, falsely claiming that these former councilmembers "were mean to teenagers". Weird, weirder and weirdest. But, the teen-worshipper efforts were also hugely unsuccessful. The teen-idol Martin was annihilated on Election Day.

Yes, the mindless Martin made a horrible mess of things. Martin intentionally harmed several people. But soon Martin will be gone. Hopefully, for good. Besides, he will probably finally be taken to task for all of his defamatory lies. Let's hope Martin pays very dearly for his mean-spirited lies. There is a lot of work to do.

About ten more days until VM (Victory over Martin) Day. 

Like Sands Through The Hour Glass

The Martin Chronicles beloved publisher and entire staff are in a very festive mood. We can all see the calendar. Today is December 18, 2014. The significance of this late-in-the year date to all of us and the residents of Villa Hills is that their malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin will be out-the-door in less than two short holiday weeks.

Where has the time gone?

• It's very hard to believe that the false, defamatory allegations and the incredible number of never-kept promises Martin made during his dirtbag 2010 mayoral campaign happened more than four dreadful years ago. What a LIAR Martin was then and is now.
• It's very hard to believe that the Villa Hills Civic Club ass clowns have completely destroyed whatever reputation they may have had with their mindless devotion to the malfeasant Martin. These asshats now have ZERO credibility. And ZERO credibility is exactly what they have always deserved. Why? Because ZERO matches their collective IQs.
• It's very hard to believe that Martin's bone-headed decision to crack open the City safe with a backhoe desperately looking for something to use as cooked-up "evidence" to falsely "prove" that he was a pathetic victim of "dark forces" attempting to derail his "good-government" zealotry now seems so innocent compared to the many "vile and disgusting" things tiny tyrant did while horribly botching his four years serving as mayor.
• It's very hard to believe that the voters of Villa Hills voters once actually believed that the City Council of 2011/12 were responsible for Martin's first two dreadful years in the mayor's office. Home-made signs proclaiming that "Villa Hills needs a new council" just seem stupid now. Why? Because they were. Want proof? Well, a goodly number of the 2011/12 council will be back in office on January 1, 2015. And, the miscreant Martin will very deservedly be out-the-door.
• It's very hard to believe that both young and old social networkers jumped up to defend Martin's "unleashed lawlessness". The facts have clearly betrayed these mindless Martinites to be nothing more than "useful idiots". Hey, that is a good thing. That's why they are now so quiet.

Truth be told, The Martin Chronicles is now happy that Martin survived his October, 2012 Removal Hearing. Sure, former Councilmembers Pope and Noll corruptly went in the tank to save Martin's undeserving hide. Sure, some once-respected residents forever-sullied their reputations with their idiotic and mean-spirited support of the undeserving Martin. Sure, terrible employees like Mary Hardman and Sue Bree sold their simpleton souls to Martin during the diminutive dictator's Removal Hearing. Sure, Martin was CONVICTED ON SEVEN OF NINE COUNTS OF OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT AND NEGLECT OF DUTY and certainly deserved being tossed out on his crooked ass. Even still, he survived.

But, what happened on November 4. 2014 is actually far better when we think about it. The voters left no doubt about what they thought of the last four years of Martin's rampant corruption, brazen cronyism and abject incompetence.

You see, Martin suffered an embarrassing, historic 84% - 16% ass-whuppin'. The voters loudly and clearly told Martin that he was woefully unequipped for the mayoral job. The voters told Martin that they finally figured out that the miniature mullah didn't have the ability, honesty or integrity to hold the mayor's office.

So, Martin will be a goner in less than two weeks. The pint-sized potentate is finally being punted away. Yes, its way past time. But that time has come.

Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick.

It's The Final Countdown

The Martin Chronicles sees Tuesday, December 16, 2014 as another landmark day in very, very soon to be out-the-door malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin's Villa Hills' fifty-two year history. No, today isn't as important as November 4, 2014 (aka "Martin's Last Stand"). But a significant event did take place today.

You see, the incoming 2015/18 mayor and incoming 2015/16 councilmembers took their oaths of office today in a quiet ceremony at The Dennis M. Stein Municipal Building. Happily, the last name of the mayor-elect is not Martin. Instead, the mayor-elect's last name is Callery. Change is coming and it is coming fast.

Consider the significance of today's electoral rite of passage. It puts the finishing touches on the repudiation Mike Martin was handed-and handed very loudly-on Election Day, November 4, 2014.

You may not realize this, but Mike Martin was absolutely convinced that he was going to easily cruise to re-election on Election Day. The little fella had no idea that a huge majority of Villa Hills voters had finally come to understand the obvious fact that Martin has been lying to them for years. Martin was clueless. And several well-placed sources tell us that Martin is even still both shocked and livid about his 84%-16% Election Day drubbing.

First, the voters finally came to understand that the entire premise of Martin's 2010 mayoral campaign was an outright lie. Martin has clearly proven that he has no ability to manage a taxpayer budget much less a City Government. Martin has clearly been revealed to be the perpetrator, not the victim. Martin has clearly shown himself to be completely devoid of honesty and integrity. Martin has demonstrated beyond a shadow of a doubt that his promised "fresh start" was as "fresh" as the smell that emanates from the sanitation plant located on the western end of Amsterdam Road on its very worst days.

Second, the return of 2015 councilmembers Bruns, Kilburn and Ringo absolutely prove that a huge majority of voters now also realize that Martin lied to them yet again in 2012. After being CONVICTED ON SEVEN OF NINE COUNTS OF OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT AND NEGLECT OF DUTY in October, 2012, Martin ran a devious con that somehow worked. He convinced the still-inattentive Villa Hills voters that the convictions for his crimes were not his fault. He placed the blame for his crimes on Bruns, Kilburn, Ringo and Sogar. The 2012 voters wrong-headedly agreed.

That is no longer the case. Today clearly proves that fact. In fact, had Sogar not withdrawn from the council race in August, 2014, he also would have take his 2015/16 oath of office today.

The jig is now up. Martin has been revealed to be a sinister, pathological liar who was never up to the task of running the City he falsely professed to "love". The voters loudly told Martin on November 4 that they had finally figured-out the miniature mullah to be the ineffectual skunk that he has always been.

It will soon be a new day in Villa Hills. Let us fervently hope that this "new day" never includes a wacked-out lunatic giving another wacky, dishonest press conference in front of the City Building that Martin will finally be exiting in a little more than fifteen days.

Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick.

SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: A Great New DVD Compilation

The Martin Chronicles has been hearing from our informants from the Kenton County Mayor's Group. The mayors met on Saturday, December 13. Now-outgoing Villa Hills malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin was there to say his long-overdue "goodbyes" and to make his MacArthur-esque pronouncement that "I shall return".

Martin was there for other reasons as well. Several sources tell us that the defeated diminutive dictator was asking around to find out how he could obtain DVD copies of all the City meetings over which he presided. Isn't that interesting?

Some speculate Martin wants the DVD's to feed his way-too-over-sized ego. Just imagine the exiled emperor sitting in his underwear, alone in a dark room, watching and re-watching the meetings and muttering to himself over and over and over again, "No one would work with me. No one would work with me. No one would work with me." Okay. You're right. Don't imagine that.

Others believe that Martin wants the DVD's to look for non-existent proof that all of the allegations he will soon be facing in personal lawsuits aren't true. Good luck with that, little fella.

Perhaps Martin wants the DVD's for an entirely different reason. You've seen the infomercials for DVD compilations of The Carol Burnett Show, The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and The Dean Martin Roasts. We've considered the very real possibility that Martin is planning to create an infomercial to sell The Very Best of The Mike Martin Show as a fundraiser to help cover his looming legal expenses.

Hey, it could happen. Just imagine the infomercial.

Voice-over opening:

You've read about former Villa Hills Mayor Mike Martin in The Martin Chronicles. You've read stories about the former "controversial" mayor in the dinosaur media. You've read the silly social network posts from Martin Kool-Aid drinkers trying to prop up their man. You've read Martin's taxpayer-funded political propaganda piece falsely called a "Fall Newsletter". You've even seen Martin lie to your face on local television newscasts.

Now, for the very first time, you have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see former malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin in a way you may never have seen him before. Corrupt Government Productions is now offering you the rare opportunity to own The Very Best of The Mike Martin Show! This DVD set will also make a much-appreciated Christmas gift!

An opening interview with someone who had the misfortune of "working with" Martin:

"I worked with Martin when he was on city council. Brother, what an idiot. He never delivered on anything he promised to do. Never. I knew the city was in trouble when Martin was elected mayor. But I was still shocked about just how bad he was. What a complete jackass. What a liar. What an egomaniac. He was completely out of control for the whole four years".

Voice-over continues:

Yes, Martin is a lying, egomaniacal jackass. The Very Best of The Mike Martin Show gives you an insider's look at what a lying, egomaniacal jackass Martin was for four dreadful years. Don't miss this rare opportunity to own the complete DVD set!

You will see Martin at his boastful, chest-beating, strutting best.

Video footage of Martin:

"I'm the CEO. It's MY decision. Deal with it. We're moving on."

Voice-over continues:

You will see Martin during his worst of times.

Video footage of Martin:

"I just want to thank (choke-up) the residents (choke-up) for giving me the opportunity to (choke-up) serve (screw) them over the past (choke-up) years."

Voice-over continues:

You will see Martin making completely baseless allegations.

Video footage of Martin:

Martin: "Tim Sogar doesn't have an occupational license. He's breaking the law!"

City Attorney: "In my opinion, Mr. Sogar doesn't need an occupational license."

Martin: "What do you know? You're just an attorney! I say Sogar does need an occupational license! I'm the CEO!"

Voice-over continues:

You will see Martin mangle the English language with commentary by people who had the misfortune of working with the tiny tyrant.

"It was hilarious watching that doofus Martin try to pronounce words like 'subrogate'. What a goofball!."

Voice-over continues:

You will see Martin get caught in bold-faced lies. Just check out this hilarious moment.

Video footage:

Martin: "This whole special counsel investigation is a joke. They haven't even talked to me."

Special Counsel approached the mayor and drops several papers in front of him: "Mr. Mayor, these are copies of all the e-mails we sent you requesting a meeting. You replied that a meeting wasn't 'in your best interest'".

Martin: "Well, I guess you got me on that one, he, he, he, he, he".

Voice over continues:

And who can forget this flame-broiled whopper!

Video footage:

Councilmember: "So, the list you gave us is a complete list of all of the City records you (illegally) burned?

Martin: "Yes."

Councilmember: "Again, this list is a complete list of all the City records you (illegally) burned?"

Martin: "Yes."

Voice over continues:

You will also see rare footage of Martin telling local television reporters perhaps the BIGGEST LIE he told during his four years of disgrace. And that is really saying something!

Video footage of Martin:

"Chief Goodenough is just taking a few days off..."

Voice-over continues:

You will see Martin making shocking admissions like this one.

Attorney for Dan Goodenough: "Is it fair to say that the fact you have admitted that you never once talked with Chief Goodenough about your alleged concerns is proof that you failed in your duties as mayor?"

Martin: "I guess you could say that."
 
Voice-over continues:

You will see Martin's odd take on geometry. Check out this video of Martin describing the planned '911 Memorial' at Crescent Springs Community Park.

Video footage of Martin:

"The memorial will be an, uh, umm, five-sided octagon".

Voice-over continues:

You will get to see Martin right-hand-man, City Attorney Toad V. McMurtry waste huge sums of taxpayer money unsuccessfully trying to uncover the identities of The Martin Chronicles staff during Dan Goodenough's sham removal hearing.

Video footage:

McMurtry: "Do you, any member of your family or any of your friends write The Martin Chronicles?"

Witness: "No."

McMurtry: "Have you, any member of your family or any of your friends ever given information to The Martin Chronicles?"

Witness: "No."

McMurtry: "Have you, any members of your family or any of your friends ever left information-intentionally or unintentionally-in a carved-out pumpkin hidden in a local pumpkin patch to be retrieved by reporters of The Martin Chronicles?"

Witness: "No."

McMurtry: "Do you know who writes The Martin Chronicles?"

Witness: "No."

McMurtry: "Have any of your household pets, including dogs, cats, birds, lizards of any kind, insects and spiders of any category, Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs, wombats, bats, weasels, gerbils, hamsters, ferrets, rats, hooded rats, de-scented or scented skunks, squirrels, flying squirrels, sugar gliders, gophers or any other type of mammals secretly served as carriers to deliver secret information to The Martin Chronicles"?

Witness: "No."

Voice-over continues:

As a special bonus, you will also see goofball Martin defenders making total fools of themselves. Check this out!

Video footage:

DV: "This mayor does great things for people!"
CT: "Some councilmembers mistreat teenagers!"
JESA: "This investigation is just a witch hunt!"

Voice-over continues:

As you can see, these rare videos offer a rare glimpse in to the mangled mind of Mike Martin and his mind-numbed minions. You will also receive authenticated, collectible copies of important records and documents that will serve as a constant reminder of just how bad the four years of Martin truly were.

You will receive:

1. An authenticated copy of the transcript were Martin admits he didn't know forgery was wrong when he was doing it but he knows it now;
2. An authenticated copy of the signed Municipal Order granting Martin permission to bring in The Federal Bureau of Investigation to harass City employees he didn't like; and
3. An authenticated copy of the signed Executive Order granting Martin permission to have public meeting attendees who dared to disagree with him ARRESTED;
4. A very rare, authenticated copy of the 2012 disciplinary letter put in the hapless Sue Bree's employee file when Martin falsely blamed her for the illegal destruction of City records. Once thought missing forever, Corrupt Government Productions has discovered this document to include in this priceless DVD compilation!
5. An authenticated copy of Martin's 2014 taxpayer-funded political propaganda piece so full of LIES that is hard to believe they could all fit on the page.

The fun doesn't stop there! Order now and receive the digitally re-mastered disk set of the malfeasant Martin's three-night removal hearing. You'll see the hillbilly wearing the straw hat with the sign that read "Follow me to the witch hunt". You'll hear stupid Martinites and event the diminutive dictator himself claim that he was just a victim of people who wouldn't work with him. You will see Martin personal attorney Toad V. McMurtry accuse everyone else of committing crimes. This despite the fact that Martin was CONVICTED ON SEVEN OF NINE COUNTS OF OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT AND NEGLECT OF DUTY!

But wait. There's even more! Corrupt Government Corruptions has obtained a secretly recorded video of Mike Martin's very famous-and very hilarious- frequently-delivered civic club riff, ""F" you-"F" me-"F" them-"F" us-"F" that-"F" this-"F" him-"F" her-"F" everybody-"F" anybody-"F" the voters-once they re-elect me-I'll "F"'n do whatever the "F" I "F"'n want. "F" 'em. "F" 'em all!". This is a "must-have" for anyone who truly wants to know what a jerk-off Martin truly is!

And, if you order The Very Best of The Mike Martin Show within the next ten minutes, you will also receive a rare, special bonus. You will receive a Mike Martin bobble head absolutely free of charge! This priceless memento of the worst mayor in the history of Villa Hills comes complete with a signed, numbered certificate of authenticity. You'll want you keep this rare memento as a reminder of the most terrible four years in the history of your city!

You'll own hours of Martin's nearly endless foul-ups, bleeps, rip-offs and blunders, all caught absolutely LIVE on this great DVD set. Do not miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime chance to own the complete set!

Just pay shipping and handling (of $1,000 to fund Mike Martin's Legal Defense Fund) and the DVDs, the authenticated documents and the rare, special bonus Martin bobble head will be yours! These amazing DVDs are not available in stores! And, they make wonderful Christmas gifts!

But, you must act now!

WEEKENDER: The Nominations Have Been Announced

The Martin Chronicles was pleased to receive an advance copy of the letter announcing the 2014 nominees for The Villa Hills Silver Turkey Awards about a week ago. It is a simultaneously impressive and repulsive list of the very worst. 

The competition for the awards will be fierce. Be sure to tune in to The Villa Hills Silver Turkey Awards Show on December 31, 2014 beginning at 7PM on TWC Channel 27 and Cincinnati Bell Channel 666. It will surely be "Must See TV".

So, here are the nominees in each category:

Worst Defeat of an Incumbent Politician Award
1. Steve Arlinghaus
2. Don Catchen
3. Mike Martin
4. Brian Wischer
5. Holly B. Menninger-Isenhour

Our Prediction:
Okay, the bilious Arlinghaus was even whipped in his own hometown. Catchen lost to an unknown write-in candidate who filed in late October. So, people finally figure out that both Arlinghaus and Catchen were costly jerks. Wischer and Menninger-Isenhour were rudely swept away by the tide of history. They both made the fatal electoral mistake of becoming rubber stamps for malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin. But Martin only received 16% of the 2014 Villa Hills vote for mayor. Good Lord! That is truly unprecedented.

Worst Supporting Bad Actor Award
1. Toad V. McMurtry
2. Craigory T. Bohman
3. Summer Berger
4. Dave Hilgefraud

Our Prediction:
Yes, Bohman was an active participant in Former Villa Hills Police Chief Dan Goodenough's railroading. Summer Berger stiffed two separate audiences when generously given a chance to explain why she should serve on the 2015/16 City Council and she lost resoundingly. Dave Hilgefraud made an ass of himself by booing Martin's opponents at the mayoral forum and got his fat butt kicked. But McMurtry is the one who billed more than $250,000 to the taxpayers carrying out Martin's very dirty work.

Worst Director Award
1. Toad V. McMurtry
2. Mike Martin
3. Larry McGovern

Our Prediction:
We think Martin and McGovern will get a "pass" because they are mostly idiots. Yes, Martin is also corrupt. Hey, he can't win every award! But McMurtry should have known better. McMurtry should have done the professional thing and resigned when Martin ordered him to do so very many disgraceful things. But McMurtry didn't resign. Instead, he just kept billing Villa Hills' taxpayers huge sums of money.

Worst Drama Series Award
1. 2014 Villa Hills City Council meetings
2. Former Villa Hills Police Chief Dan Goodenough March, 2014 Disciplinary Hearing
3. 2014 Villa Hills Finance Committee meetings
4. 2014 Villa Hills Public Works Committee meetings

Our Prediction:
All of the above are worthy candidates. They all wastefully sucked huge sums of taxpayer money. But the shameful railroading of popular Dan Goodenough that Martin corruptly orchestrated as his final revenge for the outgoing diminutive dictator's 2007 forgery arrest has to be the favorite.

Worst Ensemble Cast Award
1. The Civic Club Asshats
2. The Martin Five
3. The Social Networkers

Our Prediction:
The Civic Club Asshats are really just a bunch of hillbilly morons. The social networkers are simply Martin Kool-Aid drinkers. But, The Martin Five soberly and unsuccessfully attempted to dupe the voters of Villa Hills in to falsely believing that the malfeasant Martin was actually "moving the City forward". Oh, brother.

Worst Fictional Script Award
1. All 2014 Villa Hills City Financial reports
2. Outgoing malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin's taxpayer-funded political propaganda piece enclosed in the City tax bill
3. Outgoing City Attorney Toad V. McMurtry's letters to The Kentucky Retirement Board attempting to explain that his claims in his letters to The State Auditor's Office about pension spiking were "no longer operative".

Our Prediction:
This is a very tough call. All three "fictional scripts" were-and still will be-very costly to Villa Hills taxpayers. Martin is responsible for all three lies. Thank God Martin is heading out the door.

Most Memorable Moment Award
1. Outgoing councilmember and failed mayoral candidate Holly B. Menninger-Isenhour's announcement that she planned to increase the city-wide yard sale to include garages.
2. Outgoing City Attorney Toad V. McMurtry's many assurances that his taxpayer-funded gig was safe because Mayor-elect Callery is close friends with Toad's father.
3. Outgoing City Attorney Toad V. McMurtry's desperate, taxpayer-funded attempt to get anyone to reveal the people behind The Martin Chronicles.
4. Outgoing malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin's public pronouncement that "Chief Dan Goodenough is just taking a few days off".
5. Outgoing malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin admitting under oath during cross-examination at Goodeough's sham disciplinary hearing that "he failed in his duties as mayor".

Our Prediction:
Again, a very tough call. All five represent either abject stupidity or complete dishonesty. That's why we'll have to watch the show to see who does emerge as the winner in this category.

Lifetime Failure Award
1. General Zod
2. Mary Koenig
3. Outgoing malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin

Our Prediction:
Sure, General Zod has been on the wrong side of virtually everything. And Martin has been embarrassingly defeated in both a city council and a mayoral race. But Mary Koenig has been at the epicenter of more local scandals and has caused more local, costly turmoil than anyone else in the 52-year history of little Villa Hills. This should be one for Koenig's "good old boys network" that was first established in the last century and is still going strong.

The Martin Chronicles beloved publisher is throwing an extravagant party the night of the awards. For the pre-party, we'll have hors d'oeuvres including shrimp cocktail, Iranian caviar, smoked mackerel and salmon, deviled eggs, liver pate and oysters on the half-shell.

When dinner starts, well start with a delicious salad. Then a full course meal featuring bacon-wrapped filet mignon, chairbroiled T-bone steaks, perfectly-cooked rib-eye steaks, buttered-lobster, crab-stuffed flounder, sea bass, steamed brussels sprouts, corn, green beans, baby corn, peas, carrots, broccoli and asparagus and over-loaded baked potatoes.

Then, an amazing dessert bar. Plus, there will be a fully-stocked open bar. We will have fun-and gain a great deal of weight-watching the show.

Will you?

Thursday's Turning Tide

The Martin Chronicles sees many reasons for optimism in soon-to-be-thankfully-outta-here malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin's Villa Hills. First and foremost, Martin will be out the door. Good riddance. That in and of itself is a huge reason for optimism. Martin's tearful farewell at last night's council meeting was the only highlight of the diminutive dictator's dreadful four years in office.

We also think Mayor-elect Callery is going to do something that most politicians fail to do. Namely, keep the promises he made during his 2014 mayoral campaign. Won't that be nice?

We fully expect that:

• Mayor-elect Callery will quickly and responsibly move to bolster the local police department, converting one of the three part-time officers to a full-time position. That is a great first step. This is also quite a change from the bloviating Martin, who made empty boasts about his efforts with the police. Want an example? Sure you do. The "police substation at River Ridge" Martin beat his chest about in the recent taxpayer-funded political propaganda piece sent out in the property tax statements turns out to be nothing more than an empty desk. Good Lord.
• Mayor-elect Callery will quickly propose fiscally responsible ways to deal with the necessary repair of Villa Hills aging streets. The simple fact that Councilmember Mary Koenig has been removed from the chairmanship of the city's public works committee is an absolutely great first step. It's about damn time someone who has a clue heads that committee.
• Mayor-elect Callery will build a city finance committee populated with people who actually know what they're doing. After the last four years of Martin's financial obfuscation and sleight-of-hand, that will be a refreshing change. The city faces serious financial challenges. This is a time for steady hands, not teen idol worshippers.
• Mayor-elect Callery will hire a City Attorney who comes with no strings attached. The final two years of Martin's Reign of Error saw a City Attorney who was the tiny tyrant's personal attorney. Can you say, "conflict of interest"? Toad V. McMurtry billed the taxpayers somewhere in the ugly neighborhood of $250,000 in less than two years. If it were not for the fact that the city desperately needs to move on from the mess Martin made, there should be a full scale investigation of that appalling taxpayer rip-off.
• Mayor-elect Callery will take steps to resolve the dangerous, Martin-generated lawsuits currently threatening the taxpayer-funded City treasury. It's time to admit that these lawsuits were a direct result of the miserable Martin's vicious vendetta against everyone he unfairly blamed for his 2007 forgery arrest-that happened because Martin was signing his deceased mother's name to his deceased mother's child support checks and pocketing the proceeds.
• It's well past time to come to a resolution to these Martin-generated lawsuits that is fair to both the plaintiffs and the taxpayers. Enough already. The miserable Martin will soon be gone. Talk about "moving forward".

And there are more reasons for optimism in Villa Hills. The Martin Chronicles can clearly see that the majority of the incoming 2015/2016 council is determined to get back to the taxpayer's-and not Martin's-business. Sure, "head of the good old boys network since 1989" Mary Koenig is bound to cause problems. And, unless Jennifer Yost-Vaden can be rehabilitated, she will cause problems too. But thankfully, they are currently in the minority. It's up to rational voters to keep them there.

The Martin Chronicles fully expects the majority of the new council to work with Mayor-elect Callery to get some good things accomplished. They had better. Because anyone who doesn't will have their feet held to the fire.

Martin and his cronies won't be smiling as the final minutes of December 31, 2014 tick away-but we sure will! FAILURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  



 



WEDNESDAY WRAP-UP: It's Almost Over

The Martin Chronicles reporters returned to our palatial offices very early tonight. They were at The Dennis M. Stein Municipal Building for-hopefully-gone-for-good-in-three-weeks-Villa Hills malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin's final council meeting. The meeting lasted barely forty-five minutes. Martin's four-year calamity is ending not with a bang, but with a whimper.

One of our intrepid reporters offered some interesting observations:

"You know, I thought I might actually feel sorry for Martin tonight. After all, it's obvious that he's still in shock over being whipped so badly on November 4. 84%-16%! How does anyone possibly process an amazing humiliation like that? Even a moron like Martin has to know that when you only get 514 of the 3,224 votes cast, you're a major LOSER.

The little guy is now just a pathetic, hollow shell of his old self. I think back to his chest-beating 'I'm the CEO. Everything is my decision. Get over it. We're moving on' days. Man, Martin was a pitiful whipped pup just going through the motions tonight. Everyone could tell he just wanted to get it over with and get the hell out.

But you know what? I didn't feel the least bit sorry for Martin. He earned that humiliation and a whole lot more. Despite what a few idiots have said over the past four years, Martin did so many terrible things to so many people. He deserved to have his ass whipped. And Martin has yet to run the very costly legal gauntlet that's waiting for him.

Just look what Martin did to everyone he falsely blamed for his justified 2007 forgery arrest. None of them deserved to be treated the way Martin treated them. Lies, lies, lies, lies and more lies. Hell, Martin and his cronies took very great pleasure actually trying their nasty best to ruin peoples' lives. What a sack of $#!+ they all are. Those are the things that bastard Martin and his bastard cronies did that can never really be repaired. To hell with him and the rest of them."

It seems that Martin's Toad has already jumped off the-taxpayer-funded-lily-pad:

It is hilariously obvious that Martin's personal-and-soon-to-be-former-taxpayer-funded-City-Attorney Toad V. McMurtry can even read the dinosaur media. Why? Because Toad "no-showed" tonight's meeting, sending a-hopefully-less-expensive-to-the-taxpayers-replacement to fill in for him. He knows Mayor-elect Callery wants him gone. And gone now.

Toad has been a very expensive disgrace. Toad has willingly carried out Martin's every order. Toad had no problem attempting to destroy the well-deserved reputations of every undeserving person who stood in the soon-to-be-exiting diminutive dictator's path. Bad, bad, bad, bad, very bad.

Now, Toad's taxpayer-funded teat has been pulled away from him. It's about damned time. What a terrible person.

But, do you want to know the best part of this? Toad will have to go to his grave never knowing who did him in. Toad will never know all of the people who work for The Martin Chronicles. Too bad. Too sad, Toad.

The teeny-Boppers just can't let go:

The worst elements of "The Martin Youth" came to tonight's meeting to offer their condolences to their soon-to-be-deposed dictator. Oh, the feckless fanaticism of youth! But don't worry. The brazen "Boys From Brazil" are already planning to join the maniacal Martin in his crazy quest to return to power. And, they plan to join him beginning in 2016.

That took some serious guts:

It is a fact that outgoing Councilman Jim Cahill has privately told several people that Martin's abject mismanagement over the past four dreadful years has left the City "hemorrhaging money". Even still, Cahill was the poor bastard picked to present the diminutive dictator with a plaque tonight. So, Martin was thanked for his last four years of service to the City? Thank you, sir! Can I have another? What a cruel joke on Villa Hills' over-taxedpayers.

Better late than never:

Even Martin's mayoral predecessor Mike Sadouskas came to tonight's meeting. Sure, it was just after the meeting was adjourned. But he was there.

Sadouskas shook hands, hugged attendees and wished some of the incoming council members "good luck". He was overheard telling a questioner that he hadn't been in the council chambers on "meeting night" in four years. Will Martin be able to say that? Not likely.

When asked if he "missed this", Sadouskas replied, "Nope". Even still, we suspect that Sadouskas wasn't the least bit unhappy that his successor proved time and again that he was a-way-in-over-his-head-FAILURE.

[PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Yes, this is a time to celebrate. Martin got his ass kicked. But, we aren't going to let our guard down for a even a second. Martin has no intention to do the right thing and just go away. Next up? Our retrospective on the last four dreadful years of the Martin Reign of Error. Lest we forget.]