The Martin Chronicles loves local politics. While municipal government has the most impact on the day-to-day lives of most people in the United States, too many American voters seem far too lazy doing their homework before electing wacko, fringe candidates to wreak havoc in their towns. Far too often, they elect wingnuts, or simply take a foolish "pass" on the process.
The beautiful little burg of Cold Springs, Kentucky brings us yet another example of the aftermath of this indefensible apathy. Cold Springs' voters elected a new mayor on November 4, 2014 who -well, we don't know how else to put it-looked just like your best friend's grandmother.
Well, shortly after the new Cold Springs' mayor took the reins of power, it was "go granny, go granny, go granny go!" This "nice" little grandma quickly fired the Police Chief, City Administrator and City Attorney. Why? Who the hell knows?
Oh, it gets better. Granny hired a new City Attorney who quickly sized up the situation and decided to "exit, stage left". So, before serving a full four months in office, Granny must have realized that she was in way too over her head and pulled the plug on herself and resigned, leaving the Cold Springs City Government in absolute shambles.
It gets even better than that. Left in a terrible lurch, the Cold Springs council decided to bring back their previous veteran mayor in an attempt to right Granny's sinking ship. Believe it or not, there were some residents who actually had a problem with the council's decision to return the prior mayor.
One allegedly intelligent person-who's a doctor, for Pete's sake!-told the media that he would have preferred a "fresh face". Seriously? Didn't the most recent "fresh face" screw things up enough for this doofus doctor? Idiot.
Then there is the proud City of Erlanger, Kentucky. The residents of Erlanger also decided it was time to elect a "fresh face" to run their town (in to the ground) by putting Tyler Herpes in to the Mayor's Office. Oh, that's gonna leave a mark.
Herpes immediately decided it was a great idea to fire the long-serving City Attorney. Yep, that was a great idea. Why? Because the taxpayers of Erlanger are now paying the billable hours of TWO City Attorneys. Way to go, Mayor Herpes!
Other Northern Kentucky Cities have caught the "voter virus" over the past few decades. Ludlow, Park Hills, Bromley and Crescent Springs are just a few other examples of towns who created their own serious problems resulting from voter apathy.
But, one Northern Kentucky municipality can still easily claim the crown for electing wacko, fringe candidates to mismanage their burg into costly difficulty. That would be the highly regarded town of Villa Hills.
The allegedly intelligent voters of Villa Hills have somehow managed to elect two lunatic mayors in the span of a dozen years who have mismanaged to pour heaps of-very costly-embarrassment over their apathetic constituents. And, The Martin Chronicles thanks the Almighty Spirit for Villa Hills voters' abject apathy. It's kept us very busy.
The most recent former mayor of Villa Hills is clearly the cake-taker of corrupt clowns representing wacko, fringe candidates who took avaricious advantage of voter apathy. This little fella told lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie
after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie
after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie
after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie
after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie
after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie. And, he was narrowly elected.
His final bill has yet to paid by the taxpayers.
