But that isn't the real purpose of this post. Despite the fact that this post's headline has a definite baseball theme.
In case you weren't aware, Villa Hills malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin presided over his monthly non-televised caucus meeting this week. And guess what? Martin had his personal-and now City-Attorney-Toad V. McMurtry do what is known as a first reading of some new taxes for you.
Think about this sneaky move for just a moment. Just why did the misleading Martin choose an untelevised meeting to do these first readings? Sure, you know why. Because the diminutive dictator wants to be able to spring these onerous new taxes on a more-or-less unsuspecting public who have little or no time to voice their objection.
This sneaky move by the misdirecting Martin now has onerous new taxes waiting in the on-deck circle anticipating the opportunity to take a serious swing at your wallet. All that is required for these onerous new taxes to take effect is a vote by the mendacious Martin's compliant City Council.
Oh, sure. We already know what the mallet-headed Martin's excuse will be. He'll say his heart tells him this, and his head tells him that. But he'll still want you to pay these onerous new taxes because he just has to have the money to fix the City's streets. This despite the undeniable fact that he has done little or nothing to fix those City streets over the three-plus miserable years of his dreadful mis-administration.
Do you want absolute proof that the malingering Martin's so-called commitment to repairing the City's streets is an abject LIE? Well, here's your proof. Our investigators have learned that-after working overnight to clear the City's streets of snow and ice on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays-the malicious Martin is ordering the public works crew to take off Thursday and Friday to avoid a few dollars of overtime.
You don't say? Is that a fact? If Martin knew how to manage his way out of a wet paper bag, he would instead pay the public works crew their virtual pittance to take those Thursdays and Fridays to patch the many potholes that are all over his troubled town. But, no. Martin is pocketing a campaign assertion that he is keeping overtime down to FALSELY claim that he is running a "tight ship". Despite that fact that his aforementioned tight ship is already sinking in a sea of red ink.
So why does Martin want you to pay more onerous new taxes? Is it that he is just way in over his head and couldn't manage a child's lemonade stand? Or, is it something far more sinister? We'll learn the answer to that in the sad months ahead.
The voters can finally fix this ridiculous mess on November 4 which is still a tumultuous and costly 262 days away.
