The Martin Chronicles reporters are out in full force on the campaign trail in malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin's embattled Villa Hills. We are hearing all kinds of discussion and speculation as we enter the final 12 days of the race.
1. Our reporters have heard rumors and rumblings that former Covington Mayor Irvin Callery is soon going to graciously drop out of the four-way mayoral race and very publicly ask his supporters to give their vote to fellow challenger Ernie Brown. Why? Because-above all else-Mr. Callery realizes that the most important thing for the city is the defeat of the corrupt and incompetent Martin.
2. Sources at the civic club are telling us that most of the rank-and-file regulars have already written-off the mismanaging Martin. The club chatter is whether Ernie Brown or Irvin Callery is the better choice to take on the sure-to-be-monumental mess Martin has made over the past four years.
3. The Sensible Citizens completely exploded the Martin-Koenig myth that the civic-minded group is "partician". How? They provided yet a second public forum for the three new council candidates (Hilgeford, Yost-Vaden and Berger) who consciously chose to "no-show" last week's Town Hall event.
a. Boo-Bird "Martin Five" member Dave Hilgeford stabbed his fearless leader Martin
in the back by announcing that he supports Holly Menninger-Isenhour for mayor.
Hilgeford raised eyebrows at the Sensible Citizen "Mulligan event" by telling
attendees that he made that decision because he and Menninger-Isenhour are
frequently "walkin' the dog". Hey-oh! Get the kids out of the room!
b. Jennifer Yost-Vaden went a long way confirming the suspicion that she is nothing
more than a Martin Kool-Aid drinking mouth-breather when she said she had no
problem with the more than $500,000 of taxpayer money has wasted on lawyers and
legal actions.
c. Summer Berger showed everyone her low regard for the residents she pretends to
want to serve by brazenly "no-showing" the Sensible Citizen "Mulligan event". First
year law student Berger provides the perfect rationale for William Shakespeare's line,
"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers".
4. While we're on the subject of lawyers, our tipsters inside the law firm of Gerner & Kerns are happy to tell us all they know about Martin's personal-and now City-Attorney Toad V. McMurtry. These snitches are convinced that McMurtry is busy trying to insulate himself from any malpractice charges that may come if Martin is indeed defeated. These insiders say that McMurtry is telling anyone and everyone who will listen that Martin never takes his advice and instead does whatever he wants. We understand McMurtry's desperation. But after $239,000 of taxpayer money has been siphoned out of the city treasury-we still hope it doesn't work.
November 4 is now right around the corner.
