Here is what we saw:
- Martin clearly came to tonight's gathering finally realizing that he is in electoral trouble.
- Martin was petulant and rude.
- Martin appeared incredibly nervous. He should be nervous. If he loses on November 4, even he understands that he will no longer be able to hide behind the City's taxpayer-funded treasury with all of the serious lawsuits he has generated.
- Martin was obviously "put-out" about the fact that he had to deal with residents who had the unmitigated nerve to question him.
- Martin obviously realizes that his biggest threat is Ernie Brown. The diminutive dictator went out of his disgraceful way to provoke Brown. The good news? Brown responded to Martin's snarky comments by jamming the facts down Martin's dishonest pie hole.
Martin launched in to his usually chest-beating routine, tritely making the wild claim that he "works closely with department heads to keep the city moving forward". Really? You don't say? Is that a fact? Well, er, uhhhh.
Ernie Brown then presented the facts, reminding everyone that it was Martin himself who testified-under oath-that he had been too busy to ever sit down with railroaded, former Police Chief Dan Goodenough even once to discuss any concerns he may have had about the former Chief's performance before spending a taxpayer-funded, six-figure waste of money to depose the former Chief in an embarrassing public spectacle.
Remember why Martin never took even one minute away from his unlicensed handyman business to meet with Goodenough? Sure you do. Martin whined that he "only gets paid $200 a month" from the taxpayers. When asked if that meant the miniature mullah had "failed in his duty as mayor", Martin meekly replied-again, under oath-"I guess you could say that".
The voters need to give Martin a $200 a month pay cut on November 4.
