Our new readers would be well served by going back in to The Martin Chronicles archives to get up to speed on the magnitude of Villa Hills Mayor Mike Martin's corruption and incompetence. Martin's three-and-a-half years in office have been so full of problems that its actually hard to comprehend.
Many people are amazed that the dim-witted, duplicitous Martin remains in office. But there he is. Not only is he still in office, he fully intends to run for re-election. His dirtbag 2010 campaign was the disgusting stuff of legend. We expect that his 2014 re-election campaign will be even worse.
Why? Because the only way he can deflect attention away from his own terrible record is to pour mud all over his opponent(s). And Martin, his ass clown civic club pals and his infamous hillbilly lynchmob will most certainly plumb new depths for mudslinging.
How else can Martin possibly deflect attention away from:
- The fact that he received a REPRIMAND FROM THE VILLA HILLS ETHICS BOARD for his misuse of City personnel and resources?
- The fact that Martin received a stern rebuke from a respected judge for his ILLEGAL DESTRUCTION OF CITY REORDS?
- The fact that Martin has totally mismanaged the City's annual budgets?
- The fact that Martin was CONVICTED ON SEVEN COUNTS OF OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT AND NEGLECT OF DUTY?
- The fact that Martin hired his personal attorney to serve as the TAXPAYER-FUNDED City Attorney?
- The fact that Martin was forced to admit that he has been LYING for years about his secret plan to disband the Villa Hills Police Department?
- The fact that Martin walked away from his opposition to a City Administrator for Villa Hills when he gave his City Clerk a THIRTY-THREE PERCENT TAXPAYER-FUNDED PAY INCREASE to assume the role of City Administrator?
- The fact that Martin has disgracefully walked away from his "solemn" pledge to repeal the UNFAIR $40 PER CAR STICKER TAX?
- The fact that he was caught in a bold-faced LIE when he FALSELY claimed that former Police Chief Dan Goodenough was "just taking a few days off"?
- The fact that Martin has SQUANDERED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON UNNECESSAY LEGAL FEES AND LAWYER?
- The fact that Martin and his new council have INCREASED THE CITY'S INSURANCE PREMIUM TAX BY NEARLY FORTY PERCENT?!?!?
Yes, it has been so terribly bad that it is almost unbelievable. How could this possibly happen? But it has happened. Every bit of it. And a whole lot more.
That is a fact.
