The Martin Chronicles was sitting around our offices Sunday kicking around how most of the folks in malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin's embattled burg of Villa Hills are feeling right about now. Our guess? It's a mixed bag.
First of all, there are still some Kool-Aid drinking, die-way-too-hard Martinites left in the troubled town. Sure, they would qualify for protection under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. But they are most certainly still around. As proof, we offer in to evidence the demented, social network ramblings of a self-employed life coach who recently heralded the malevolent Martin's very-costly-to-the-taxpayers railroading of former, long-serving Police Chief Dan Goodenough.
Secondly, there will-and shall be forevermore-those residents who wallow in their blissful ignorance. Fortunately, most of these yahoos rarely vote. They don't even know that Villa Hills has a mayor or City Council. Or, that Villa Hills used to have a Police Chief. They haven't seen the embarrassing media stories about the once-proud City in which they reside. Our hope? That most of these yahoos continue to stay home on November 4th's Election Day.
Thirdly, there are the former Martinites. These reformed Kool-Aid drinkers are a wonder to behold. They have evolved from people who raved about the nice little (albeit, DISHONEST) fellow who just needed a chance to show what he could really do to rabid revolutionaries waving signs demanding the retention of the now-former Police Chief at recent disciplinary hearings. Sure, we find them amusing as hell. But we also welcome their energy to the party that is about to begin.
Fourthly, there are the single-issue citizens who decided to cast their lot with Martin because he promised to get rid of their neighbor's excessive cat population (clearly proving they don't understand the true impact of local elections) and those who bought Martin's BOLD FACED LIE when he FALSELY promised to repeal the UNFAIR $40 PER CAR STICKER TAX. We don't give a tinker's dam about the nitwits in the former category. But, we hope the folks in the latter category now finally realize-as they continue to pay the UNFAIR $40 PER CAR STICKER TAX-that Martin is a FILTHTY LIAR.
Fifthly, there are those who are simply concerned about appearances. These people decided to hope against hope and swallow Martin's and his hillbilly lynchmob's 2012 exhortation that all the tiny tyrant needed was a whole new council to show what he could really do. Well, these people were right in a terrible way. How so? Martin used the results of the landslide 2012 election these people handed him to hire his own personal attorney to serve as the City Attorney, unleash a tidal wave of intimidation and threats and complete his vendetta against the Villa Hills Police Department. Bad, bad, bad, bad, bad.
Sixthly, there are a large number of residents who have known from the beginning that Martin is nothing more than very bad news. They have know that Martin is a DISHONEST, unlicensed handyman who did commit FORGERY in 2007 because he did sign his deceased mother's name on his deceased mother's checks, cashed them and pocketed the proceeds. These are the people who know Martin is nothing more than a LIAR. They can rally enough of the previous groups to send Martin to the ash heap of history.
These are the people who can make the real difference on November 4.