But we also realize that there are a lot of major problems that incoming Mayor-elect Callery and the six members of the 2015-16 council will have to address. That will continue to keep us very busy.
Now, for some news and notes from the post-election trail:
Council meeting tomorrow night
Now-outgoing Mayor Mike Martin will be presiding over his second-to-last council meeting as the current mayor of Villa Hills tomorrow night. The regular council meeting was understandably moved because of the Thanksgiving Holiday (a similar move will most likely occur for the December council meeting because of Christmas).
The Martin Chronicles expects a good-sized turnout for tomorrow night's meeting. Some will be there to provide sympathy and support. Many will be there to watch the beginning of the end. Others will be there because the meeting may prove to be an excellent experiment in anger management.
Will Martin begin another effort to re-write history tomorrow night? We will wait and see.
More on Social Networkers
We have already posted once about the social-networking Martin supporters who just can't handle the crushing defeat their guy suffered one week ago. Remember? We told you our perky, young intern described their pathetic efforts as an "epic fail".
If you think all the resident have to do is LTFAO, you had better think again. The next note will tell you exactly why.
The Price Tag For Martin's Four Years Of Recklessness
- Mayor-elect Callery and the six members of the 2015-16 city council would be far happier if the only thing now-outgoing Mayor Martin left them was a dearth of "Post-It Notes and paper clips". But that is decidedly not the case. Instead, Martin is leaving behind an expensive legal and financial mess.
- Mayor-elect Callery and the six members of the 2015-16 city council are going to have to find a legitimate way to fund a realistic street repair and replacement program after four years of deception and tax increases. They come in to office already several hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars "in the hole".
- Mayor-elect Callery and the six members of the 2015-16 city council are going to have to figure out a way to untangle the city's financial records that have been left to them in such a mess by Martin and his cronies without breaking the bank.
- Mayor-elect Callery and the six members of the 2015-16 city council are going to have to figure out a way to extricate the taxpayers from all of the legal entanglements Martin has created by his reckless behavior. There are still several lawsuits that have not been resolved. Let's lowball the figure it will take to resolve all of those unresolved lawsuits at say, $300,000.
- Now, let's add in the $500,000 of taxpayer money Martin wasted in just the past couple of years on lawyers and legal actions, including Martin paying roughly $250,000 to his personal attorney who he maneuvered in to the position of City Attorney.
- Then there is the $217,000 "spiking" fine that the Commonwealth of Kentucky has levied against the taxpayers of Villa Hills. Martin has been dishonestly keeping that $217,000 "spiking" fine off of the city books. But it is included in the most recent audit. It is a very real threat to the taxpayers. In fact, Martin has already paid his personal attorney who he maneuvered in to the position of City Attorney several thousand taxpayer dollars to try to defend against the fine. This despite the fact that Martin and his personal attorney who he maneuvered in to the position of City Attorney have left a paper trail accusing the former local police department of committing the aforementioned "spiking". Again, at great taxpayer expense.
For the uninitiated, if you total up the price tag of Martin's reckless spending of taxpayer money on lawyers and legal actions over just the last couple of years, IT TOTALS UP TO MORE THAN ONE MILLION TAXPAYER DOLLARS THANKS TO THE MISMANAGING MARTIN.
Shut up and LMFAO, indeed.
