BREAKING NEWS: Major Scandal May Be In The Works

The Martin Chronicles is postponing its regular WEEKENDER EDITIONS because our investigative reporters are very busy contacting every source and snitch they know to confirm the tips we have been receiving since Friday night. This story seems to be as scandalous as Villa Hills malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin's PERSISTENT, ILLEGAL DESTRUCTION OF CITY RECORDS and potentially more costly than the $239,000 TAXPAYER DOLLARS the tiny tyrant has already paid to his personal-and now City-Attorney Toad V. McMurtry (of Gerner & Kerns) over the past roughly twenty dreadful months.

We have learned that a clandestine phone call conference took place some time Friday evening involving multiple city employees, law enforcement authorities and as yet un-named others. We have also learned that at least some of these city employees have retained legal counsel. When we give you the details we have learned so far you will understand why they did so.

Here is what we have been told and are working to nail down with rock solid confirmation. We have been told that malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin-finally understanding that he is in a very desperate fight to hold on to the taxpayer-funded city treasury-ordered multiple city employees to "remove all campaign signs" on November 3, the day before he stands for re-election.

There are problems with such an order from Martin.

• First and foremost, Martin would be asking city employees to commit an ILLEGAL ACT, with the implied penalty of termination for failure to comply.
• Martin would be violating Kentucky Labor Law yet again. How? By ordering taxpayer-funded city employees to commit an ILLEGAL ACT. Martin already has the TAXPAYERS ON THE HOOK FOR MORE THAN $200,000 for his mishandling of employee pensions. If you weren't aware of that fact, it is only because MARTIN HAS INTENTIONALLY AND DECEPTIVELY LEFT THAT POTENTIAL $200,000 PENALTY OFF THE CITY BOOKS.
• Martin would be VIOLATING THE CONSTITUTIONALLY-GUARANTEED FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT of every resident to display a sign supporting an opposing candidate's sign on their property. Oh, this isn't the first time Martin has tried to silence any opposition. Remember when Martin signed an EXECUTIVE ORDER-that is still in place-granting him the questionable "right" to have anyone who dares to challenge him at a public meeting to be ARRESTED? Sure you do.
• Martin would say that there shouldn't be signs in legally designated "right-of-ways". But no one has more signs in those "right-of-ways" that the malfeasant Martin. Do you want to see pictures of those Martin signs? We can provide them.

None of these allegations bring with it a "stretch of the imagination". Remember that we already have cell phone photos of Martin's City Administrator/Clerk Craigory T. Bohman entering citizens' private property to move and remove campaign signs on Friday. Vile and disgusting? Yes. But also very true.

Do you really want four more years of such brazen law-breaking. Perhaps you do. Perhaps you still believe that "this mayor does great things for people". If so, we can't help you. But if you have any level of self-respect, you know tyranny and abuse of the law is a very bad thing.

That is why it is important for the voters of Villa Hills to clean house on November 4.