The Martin Chronicles loves to read the social networks. The variety of posts we are reading give us a very real sense of what is coming in malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin's troubled Villa Hills. What we see coming is not going to be pretty.
Conclusion One: Many of the haters are pulling their support away from the malevolent Martin and throwing it to Irvin Callery. Why? Most likely because they sense that the mismanaging Martin is in trouble. They also dread the thought that any of the people who ran the city so very well for so very long might return to public service. Why? Your guess is as good as ours.
Conclusion Two: Some people have absolutely no sense of history. One post actually suggested that the candidates who previously served on council are somehow disqualified simply because they were defeated in 2012. Is that what you really believe? Because, if so, the misdirecting Martin himself was disqualified in the 2010 mayoral race. Why? Because he was defeated in his 2008 bid to be re-elected to council. You just can't have it both ways.
Conclusion Three: Look for the return of the very worn-out cliché. Want an already glaring example? "Move the city forward". Mary Koenig popularized that odd phrase way back in the 1990's. Exactly what does "move the city forward" mean? In point of fact, wasn't Villa Hills named the best neighborhood in the Tri-State by the obscure Cincy Business magazine precisely because of it's location? Then why "move" it in any direction? Go figure.
Conclusion Four: Some people seem to have great difficulty sorting out the difference between "opinion" and "fact". It is a fact that roughly five hundred thousand taxpayer dollars has been spent on lawyers and legal actions during Martin's tenure. Your view on whether or not spending five hundred thousand taxpayer dollars on lawyers and legal actions is good or bad is an example of an opinion. Seems pretty straightforward.
Conclusion Five: Some people also seem to have great difficulty sorting out the difference between "negativity" and "lively debate". By their very nature, politics and elections spark lively debate. It is not necessarily "negative" if someone expresses an opinion that you do not share. Do you want a good example of "negativity"? That would be when Martin dragged his poor granddaughter around St. Joe's End of Summer Festival last Friday night making all manner of wild allegations about Ernie Brown and Irvin Callery. That type of behavior of is "negative" and hateful.
The Martin Chronicles did sincerely hope that the coming election would focus on the issues and real plans for the future of Villa Hills. Given Martin's disgraceful behavior last Friday night, that does not seem likely to happen.
And so it goes.
