Still Tearing Things Down

The Martin Chronicles was watching Villa Hills malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin well before he was narrowly voted in to the mayor's office. Several years ago we had him rated as a more-or-less amiable doofus and nothing more. We now know that the only thing right about that assessment is that Martin is indeed a doofus. His actions over the past four years clearly prove Martin is anything but amiable. Oh, and we now also know that Martin is a LAWBREAKER.

We have recounted his 2010 dirtbag mayoral campaign for you several times. There is plenty of time to retell that story in future posts. Martin went door-to-door and on the internet telling LIE after LIE after LIE after LIE after LIE after, well-how best to say it?-LIE. In point of fact, Martin and his surrogates told so many LIES that those LIES have sparked multiple lawsuits.

Our beloved publisher reminds us that dirty politics is nothing new. Democracy involves swaying at least one more vote to you than to your opponent. American history is replete with examples of campaign calumny. Candidates are frequently willing to sling mud. Do you remember Barack Obama's assertion that Mitt Romney murdered the ailing wife of a poor union steel plant worker?

There is the famous story of a nineteenth-century campaigner who made a stop in a small, rural town. Knowing that the crowd before him was uneducated, this pol accused his opponent of being a "somnambulist" and his wife of being a "thespian". Not understanding that his opponent walked in his sleep and his opponents wife performed in the theater, they simply chose to believe the worst and cast their votes for the misleading-story-telling pol who stood before them.

So, the fact that Martin told a bushel-basket full of LIES to get elected in 2010 is no real surprise. Survey after survey reports that people despise negative campaigning. And yet, survey after survey also reports that negative campaigning is highly effective.

Then came council campaign 2012. Martin and his surrogates hit the streets spinning a fantastic-and completely false-tale that all the tiny tyrant needed was a new council to restore peace and harmony in the once-proud City of Villa Hills. Kool-Aid drinking nitwits even stood in front of polling places on Election Day, 2012 holding tacky, homemade signs proclaiming "Villa Hills needs a new council". Desperate to restore some semblance of order, the voters wrong-headedly granted Martin's dishonest request.

Martin moved quickly to consolidate his power after the voters handed him his "golden moment" council:

• The miniature mullah hired his personal attorney to serve as City Attorney.
• The small sultan stepped out from behind his LIE to admit his long-standing plan to disband the Villa Hills Police Department and "outsource" outside protection.
• The puny pol signed a Municipal Order granting himself the right to spend tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars to investigate his political enemies.
• The diminutive dictator signed an Executive Order granting himself the right to have political dissidents expelled from public meetings and even arrested.

Here is what is damned odd. Its one thing to tear down your incumbent opponent in an election. But-once elected-most voters believe the new leaders they elect will actually govern and lead.

And yet, Martin continues to tear down the government he was foolishly elected to lead.
After more than three dreadful years, has Martin ever presented his comprehensive plan for his vision of how Villa Hills' City government should operate? Hell, no.

• Has Martin ever sat down with the employees he has publicly attacked and privately discuss his alleged concerns with them? Our extensive research leads us to confidently say, Hell, no.
• Has Martin kept his phony 2010 campaign pledge to find the money necessary to adequately fund a street repair and replacement program from money "in the current City budget" and repeal the dreaded UNFAIR $40 PER CAR STICKER TAX? Instead, Martin and his "golden moment" council are proposing more new taxes. So once again, we write, Hell, no.
• Has Martin kept his dishonest promise to bring "more transparency" to Villa Hills City government? Given the fact that he has been convicted for his illegal destruction of City records, our response is-once again-Hell, no!
• Has Martin kept his pernicious pledge to build teamwork in City government-READ: pacify his one friend who was on council back in 2010 who was so oddly awkward that he couldn't get along with anyone else? Given the fact that the combative and evasive nature Martin exhibited with the previous City Council continues unabated with the "golden moment" council he duped desperate voters in to giving him, our answer is-once again-a resounding-Hell, no!

Let's look at the miscreant Martin's most outrageous and pointless 2010 pledge. In order to infer that "dark forces"-that never really existed-were out to unfairly persecute him, Martin claimed in his patented megalomaniacal style that he would restore "honesty and integrity" to the Mayor's office. So, how has that worked out?

• Martin has received a "confidential" reprimand for MISUSE of City personnel and resources from the Villa Hills Ethics Board.
• Martin was caught "red-handed" producing a FALSE DOCUMENT in a dishonest attempt to MISLEAD the previous City Council and the taxpayers about the extent of his PERSISTENT AND ILLEGAL DESTRUCTION OF CITY RECORDS.
• Martin received a stinging JUDICIAL REBUKE FROM THE BENCH for his PERSISTENT AND ILLEGAL DESTRUCTION OF CITY RECORDS.
• Martin was CONVICTED on SEVEN OF NINE COUNTS of OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT and NEGLECT OF DUTY.
• Martin convinced the majority of his "golden moment" City Council to approve his hiring of his personal attorney to serve as the taxpayer-funded City Attorney.
• Martin was finally forced to step out from behind his ongoing LIE and admit his long-standing plan to DISBAND THE VILLA HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT to "outsource" for protection.
• Martin spent several weeks pulling his "golden moment" council behind closed doors in hastily convened "special meetings" to supposedly discuss "pending litigation". We have now confirmed that Martin has been desperately attempting to get the taxpayers of Villa Hills to foot the majority of the legal bill generated by Martin's INTENTIONAL LIBEL, SLANDER AND DEFAMATION.

Despite the fact that the manipulative Martin holds all the cards of power in his troubled town, he wants residents to continue to believe that he continues to be an "outsider who is an innocent victim of circumstance and-worse yet-dark forces that are "out to get him". By now, anyone who has functioning frontal lobes should finally realize that Martin is nothing more than a dishonest doofus who has been using the power of the mayor's office to get revenge against his perceived enemies.

The voters get a chance to end this mess in 286 days.