Martin's Odious Financial Litter Box

The Martin Chronicles has a team of forensic accountants carefully examining the cooked books of Villa Hills malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin's corrupt and incompetent city government. The most veteran of the forensic specials said, "We're finding more things buried in this awful mess that don't smell right than we would in a cat's litter box that hasn't been changed in a month!"

One of the very smelly things the accountants have uncovered is a more than $6,000 taxpayer-funded payment to the Lexington-based law firm of Sturgill, Turner, Baker & Moloney, PLLC. Some of our readers may be shrugging their shoulders and thinking that Martin wasting money on lawyers and legal actions doesn't exactly qualify as breaking news. The diminutive dictator has squandered more that a half of million taxpayer dollars in such a way already, after all.

But this particular $6,000 waste of money on lawyers and legal actions may have more far-reaching consequences. Why? Because Sturgill, Turner, Baker & Moloney, PLLC has been providing Martin's defense for his personal exposure in the many unnecessary lawsuits he has triggered by his reckless behavior.

Did you get that? Just in case you didn't, it bears repeating. It is a fact that the taxpayers of Villa Hills have just paid more that $6,000 to the law firm that is currently providing Martin's personal defense for his exposure in several lawsuits. The great-and-not-at-all-surprisingly-unanswered-question is "WHY"?

As we reported in October, 2013, the misdirecting Martin desperately tried to hoodwink his once-"golden moment" council to agree to a lawsuit settlement that would also involve using taxpayer money to free the tiny tyrant from his personal legal exposure. To their credit, Martin's once-"golden moment" council said, "NO!"

So, that brings us to yet another great-and-not-at-all-surprisingly-unanswered-question. That very similar question is "WHY ARE THE TAXPAYERS PAYING MORE THAN $6,000 TO THE LAW FIRM TASKED WITH MARTIN'S PERSONAL DEFENSE?" If Martin's once-"golden moment" council resoundingly said "NO" to bailing Martin out of his personal exposure, why are the taxpayer's funding it?

Oh, we're quite sure that the mendacious Martin will offer some total bu!!$#it excuse-if he ever needs to. But all it will be is total bu!!$#it. Just like most everything the pipsqueak potentate says.

The voters will finally have the opportunity to toss out the filth in Martin's odious litter box in 69 days.