The Martin Chronicles just can't get enough of the latest social network stream. There is all manner of distortion, deceit and dander-flying being posted. Some people simply refuse to admit that Villa Hills malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin is a corrupt and incompetent failure. That's what makes it so much fun.
We also enjoyed one notorious nag's feeble attempt at "moral equivalency" regarding Martin's disgraceful squandering of taxpayer money on lawyers and legal actions. So what was the inconsistent comparison?
This poster evidently believes that the approximately $50,000 spent on Special Counsel Phil Taliaferro over roughly a dozen years somehow equates to the nearly $500,000 of taxpayer money Martin has squandered on legal fees since he convinced his new council to approve the hiring of his personal attorney Toad V. McMurtry to serve as City Attorney in early 2013.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion. But that opinion is hard to understand.
There are flaws in the comparison. The most obvious flaw is that the money spent on Mr. Taliaferro was intended to stop unfair treatment of City employees and to put an end to costly lawsuits. On the other hand, the malicious Martin has used taxpayer money to fuel his vendetta against City employees and his crazy actions have actually sparked several costly lawsuits.
Martin has gone so far as to sign a purchase order that put more than $23,000 dollars in his pocket. This all at the expense of the taxpayers. We wonder if some goofball considers that questionable action an example of the "great things" Martin does for people?
A great deal more is bound to happen over the next 108 days.
