The Martin Chronicles listens closely to what Villa Hills malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin says. We almost never believe him. But we do listen closely.
So what is Martin saying now? Well, he says that Kenton County Judge Executive Steve Arlinghaus is donating the services of the Kenton County Police to cover for Martin's woefully under--manned police department at no charge. You don't say? Is that a fact?
Here's our question. How long can Arlinghaus do that legally? The Villa Hills Police Department isn't ridiculously short-handed because of some act of God, natural disaster or unforeseen catastrophe. Oh, its a catastrophe alright. But this catastrophe has been more or less intentionally caused by Martin. This catastrophe has been a long time coming and completely predictable. This catastrophe is the result of Martin's vendetta against the police he blames for his 2007 FORGERY ARREST. This catastrophe is the result of a seemingly insane play run by Martin, his city attorney and his city clerk. This catastrophe is going to get a whole lot worse and a whole lot more expensive.
Think about this. Attorney Garry Edmonson has opined that Kenton County cannot legally spend Kenton County tax dollars to repair sections of so-called "county roads" that run through municipalities. Edmonson says doing so would be in direct violation of a Kentucky Supreme Court ruling. So what does Edmonson think about Arlinghaus spending Kenton County tax dollars to indefinitely provide "free police protection" within the borders of that municipality known as Villa Hills?
We suspect it won't be long before the mayors, councils and residents from the other Kenton County municipalities begin to demand their own "free police protection". Why shouldn't Ft. Mitchell and Taylor Mill and Independence and Ft. Wright and Ludlow and Park Hills and all of the rest be able to tap in to Arlinghaus' "free police force"?
Why, just think of the money every City could save if only Arlinghaus shared his "free police protection" with more than the malfeasant Martin.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Monday, June 24, 2013
The Meter That REALLY Counts
The Martin Chronicles is watching the simmering pot that is malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin's Villa Hills with a great deal of interest. Judging by the huge, public show of support, a clear majority of the troubled town's residents strongly oppose Martin's radical plan to disband the local police department.
Martin was elected mayor in 2010 by cobbling together a coalition of people who had one form or another of grievance against the City government. Martin then lured an additional razor-thin majority of voters with a vague promise of "change" and LIES about his $1.505 MILLION lawsuit against the taxpayers of Villa Hills. It was just enough to get him elected. But no amount of votes will change him from the incompetent and corrupt boob that the last two-and-a-half years have clearly demonstrated him to be.
How clueless is Martin? He praised himself for saving some amount of police overtime immediately following a report from Chief Dan Goodenough that the Kenton County Police had been asked to assist Villa Hills' extremely short-handed department's efforts to curb a huge uptick in crime. So, while Martin was crowing about how great he thinks he is, vandals were destroying car windows and mirrors with baseball bats. Besides, we have learned that the Kenton County Police "no-showed" at least one shift they were supposed to cover. Thank you, Judge Arlinghaus.
Some aggrieved Martin supporters occasionally poke up their heads to rail against those who support the local police via mean-spirited editorials or by vandalizing pro-police signs. One gasbag even wrote that former council members who have publicly supported the police should "take their signs and leave town". To that gasbag in particular and the rest of the aggrieved-deal with it. The US Constitution's First Amendment allows freedom of speech and assembly. No number of threats from City Attorney Toad V. McMurtry, Executive Orders from the dictatorial Martin or even your own heartburn can change that. Losing a council election does not lead to loss of citizenship in Villa Hills either. Unfortunately, Martin is living proof of that.
For those who support the local police or are even still somehow unaware what is happening in your City, you had better become aware of this. Martin has already SQUANDERED MORE THAN $30,000 OF YOUR MONEY in his ham-handed attempt to terminate Assistant Chief Schutzman. That's a whole lot of postage meters, my friends. Oh, its worse than that. The "billable hours" meter is still running on hyper-drive.
Martin was elected mayor in 2010 by cobbling together a coalition of people who had one form or another of grievance against the City government. Martin then lured an additional razor-thin majority of voters with a vague promise of "change" and LIES about his $1.505 MILLION lawsuit against the taxpayers of Villa Hills. It was just enough to get him elected. But no amount of votes will change him from the incompetent and corrupt boob that the last two-and-a-half years have clearly demonstrated him to be.
How clueless is Martin? He praised himself for saving some amount of police overtime immediately following a report from Chief Dan Goodenough that the Kenton County Police had been asked to assist Villa Hills' extremely short-handed department's efforts to curb a huge uptick in crime. So, while Martin was crowing about how great he thinks he is, vandals were destroying car windows and mirrors with baseball bats. Besides, we have learned that the Kenton County Police "no-showed" at least one shift they were supposed to cover. Thank you, Judge Arlinghaus.
Some aggrieved Martin supporters occasionally poke up their heads to rail against those who support the local police via mean-spirited editorials or by vandalizing pro-police signs. One gasbag even wrote that former council members who have publicly supported the police should "take their signs and leave town". To that gasbag in particular and the rest of the aggrieved-deal with it. The US Constitution's First Amendment allows freedom of speech and assembly. No number of threats from City Attorney Toad V. McMurtry, Executive Orders from the dictatorial Martin or even your own heartburn can change that. Losing a council election does not lead to loss of citizenship in Villa Hills either. Unfortunately, Martin is living proof of that.
For those who support the local police or are even still somehow unaware what is happening in your City, you had better become aware of this. Martin has already SQUANDERED MORE THAN $30,000 OF YOUR MONEY in his ham-handed attempt to terminate Assistant Chief Schutzman. That's a whole lot of postage meters, my friends. Oh, its worse than that. The "billable hours" meter is still running on hyper-drive.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
No Shows
The Martin Chronicles is reminded of the old Woody Allen saying, "90% of life is just showing up." There is some truth to that. That's why the folks living in malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin's Villa Hills are often only getting the 10% that's left. And what's left isn't too good either.
Allow us to explain.
First, embarrassed snitches from deep inside the bowels of Steve Arlinghaus' Kenton County Court House tell us that the Kenton County Police "no-showed" at least one shift in Villa Hills over the past weekend. We aren't suggesting that the residents went unprotected. We suspect that Villa Hills officers worked the overtime Martin despises so much to ensure the City was patrolled. We'll let you know what more we learn.
We have also learned that Martin "no-showed" last night's finance committee meeting. Why is that important? Well, the city council will soon be asked to approve his new $3.2-plus million budget. The one man who could answer any questions the committee may have had didn't bother to attend.
Perhaps Martin simply figures he's already got the three votes he needs to get his budget passed.
Allow us to explain.
First, embarrassed snitches from deep inside the bowels of Steve Arlinghaus' Kenton County Court House tell us that the Kenton County Police "no-showed" at least one shift in Villa Hills over the past weekend. We aren't suggesting that the residents went unprotected. We suspect that Villa Hills officers worked the overtime Martin despises so much to ensure the City was patrolled. We'll let you know what more we learn.
We have also learned that Martin "no-showed" last night's finance committee meeting. Why is that important? Well, the city council will soon be asked to approve his new $3.2-plus million budget. The one man who could answer any questions the committee may have had didn't bother to attend.
Perhaps Martin simply figures he's already got the three votes he needs to get his budget passed.
Monday, June 17, 2013
Why Not Just Use The Key?
The Martin Chronicles has been busy tracking down a story about Villa Hills malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin striking again. We are trying to confirm that Martin used a power drill to open a locked door in the police department late last week.
While not as dramatic-and mindlessly destructive-as crushing a safe open with a backhoe, opening a locked door with a drill instead of tracking down the key still demonstrates very poor judgment. No wonder the City is up to its ears in controversy.
We'll let you know what we learn.
While not as dramatic-and mindlessly destructive-as crushing a safe open with a backhoe, opening a locked door with a drill instead of tracking down the key still demonstrates very poor judgment. No wonder the City is up to its ears in controversy.
We'll let you know what we learn.
Friday, June 14, 2013
WEEKENDER: Comparisons
The Martin Chronicles is anticipating the next moves of Villa Hills malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin. His silly spin is sure to begin shortly. How will it go? We expect that Martin and other City officials will soon begin to blame the previous mayor and council for all of Martin's current employee problems and THE COLOSSAL WASTE OF TAXPAYER MONEY ON LEGAL FEES. How so? Martin and other City officials will say that none of these problems would have happened if the previous mayor and council hadn't provided the employees Civil Service protection late in 2010.
In an odd, very twisted way that is true. Why? Because Martin would have fired Police Chief Dan Goodenough and Assistant Chief Joe Schutzman immediately after taking office in 2011. But it is still a preposterous excuse.
You see, many, many Cities function perfectly well with a Civil Service system in place. The difference? Those many, many other Cities don't have a Mike Martin sitting in the mayor's office. Villa Hills certainly does. The results have been disastrous.
Martin has placed the taxpayers in harm's way yet again because of his inexplicable mishandling of the Schutzman situation. Especially when that situation is compared to how Martin handled the case of his Interim City Clerk Sue Bree. And that comparison will be made in some type of public venue when the time comes.
Let's do a comparison of our own:
On October 3, 2012, Martin issued a written reprimand to his Interim City Clerk Sue Bree. In that reprimand, Martin alleged that Bree violated the following City Personnel Policies.
1. Violation of any Federal or State law, County of City ordinance;
2. Unauthorized use of City property
3. Violation of City policies, regulations, or departmental rules;
4. Conduct on or off the job unbecoming to City personnel or which brings discredit to the City;
5. Insubordination;
6. Neglect or disobedience of orders.
On May 23, 2013, Martin suspended Assistant Chief Joe Schutzman without pay charging him with:
1. Intimidation; and
2. Political activity.
In Martin's October 3, 2012 "discipline" of Bree, Martin provides detailed reasons for the written reprimand. First, he says Bree misused City equipment to shred documents in violation of a judge's orders and Martin's own supposed directive. Secondly, Martin writes that on ". . . several occasions since 2011, you (Bree) failed to complete and fill public records in a timely manner . . .". Martin goes on to write that he had "repeatedly instructed you (Bree) to comply with, and follow the law". That all sounds quite clear, doesn't it?
On May 23, 2013, Martin provided absolutely no details to substantiate his charges against Assistant Chief Schutzman. Judging by the nonsense that has happened since then, Martin and other City officials scrambled to gin up some kind of "evidence" after-the-fact.
We hope somebody asks Martin how many times he sat down with Schutzman to discuss these issues prior to suspending him without pay? Repeatedly? Several times? A few times? Once? Our guess? Never.
To be blunt, not one damned thing happened to the Interim City Clerk after the issuance of Martin's October 3, 2012 written reprimand. No suspension. No Civil Service hearing. Nada. Zip. Zilch. In fact, Bree stunningly said that she hadn't even bothered to read the reprimand when she testified during Martin's removal hearing last October.
What about Assistant Chief Schutzman? Martin originally said he wanted the Civil Service Board hearing to result in Schutzman's termination. Martin then backed that down to a "120 day suspension".
Maybe something else was going on there.120 day suspension? Hmmmmm. My, my, my. Why that would have taken us right to the time when Martin says he wants his radical plan to disband the City's police department to take effect. Kenton County Police cruisers are already patrolling Villa Hills' streets.
When its all said and done, Martin may simply decide to blame City Attorney Toad V. McMurtry for providing slipshod legal advice. We guess Toad V. McMurtry won't care. He'll keep billing the bejeezus out of the taxpayers' hides either way.
Speaking of comparisons and billing the bejeezus out of the taxpayers, where is Councilmember Mary Koenig's self-righteous indignation now? During last year's "let's give Martin a whole new council" race, Koenig bitterly railed against the cost of the Special Counsel's investigation of Martin. This despite THE FACT that Martin was CONVICTED ON SEVEN OF NINE COUNTS OF OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT AND NEGLECT OF DUTY.
Flash forward to today. Not one peep of protest from Koenig about:
Martin wouldn't be reaming the taxpayers like this if former Councilmembers Pope and Noll had not "gone in the tank" for Martin last October.
[PUBLISHER'S NOTE: The Martin Chronicles will be welcoming visitor number 130,000 some time today. Thank you all for your ongoing support of our blog. We couldn't do it without you. And of course the perpetual mayhem wreaked by the malfeasant Martin!]
In an odd, very twisted way that is true. Why? Because Martin would have fired Police Chief Dan Goodenough and Assistant Chief Joe Schutzman immediately after taking office in 2011. But it is still a preposterous excuse.
You see, many, many Cities function perfectly well with a Civil Service system in place. The difference? Those many, many other Cities don't have a Mike Martin sitting in the mayor's office. Villa Hills certainly does. The results have been disastrous.
Martin has placed the taxpayers in harm's way yet again because of his inexplicable mishandling of the Schutzman situation. Especially when that situation is compared to how Martin handled the case of his Interim City Clerk Sue Bree. And that comparison will be made in some type of public venue when the time comes.
Let's do a comparison of our own:
On October 3, 2012, Martin issued a written reprimand to his Interim City Clerk Sue Bree. In that reprimand, Martin alleged that Bree violated the following City Personnel Policies.
1. Violation of any Federal or State law, County of City ordinance;
2. Unauthorized use of City property
3. Violation of City policies, regulations, or departmental rules;
4. Conduct on or off the job unbecoming to City personnel or which brings discredit to the City;
5. Insubordination;
6. Neglect or disobedience of orders.
On May 23, 2013, Martin suspended Assistant Chief Joe Schutzman without pay charging him with:
1. Intimidation; and
2. Political activity.
In Martin's October 3, 2012 "discipline" of Bree, Martin provides detailed reasons for the written reprimand. First, he says Bree misused City equipment to shred documents in violation of a judge's orders and Martin's own supposed directive. Secondly, Martin writes that on ". . . several occasions since 2011, you (Bree) failed to complete and fill public records in a timely manner . . .". Martin goes on to write that he had "repeatedly instructed you (Bree) to comply with, and follow the law". That all sounds quite clear, doesn't it?
On May 23, 2013, Martin provided absolutely no details to substantiate his charges against Assistant Chief Schutzman. Judging by the nonsense that has happened since then, Martin and other City officials scrambled to gin up some kind of "evidence" after-the-fact.
We hope somebody asks Martin how many times he sat down with Schutzman to discuss these issues prior to suspending him without pay? Repeatedly? Several times? A few times? Once? Our guess? Never.
To be blunt, not one damned thing happened to the Interim City Clerk after the issuance of Martin's October 3, 2012 written reprimand. No suspension. No Civil Service hearing. Nada. Zip. Zilch. In fact, Bree stunningly said that she hadn't even bothered to read the reprimand when she testified during Martin's removal hearing last October.
What about Assistant Chief Schutzman? Martin originally said he wanted the Civil Service Board hearing to result in Schutzman's termination. Martin then backed that down to a "120 day suspension".
Maybe something else was going on there.120 day suspension? Hmmmmm. My, my, my. Why that would have taken us right to the time when Martin says he wants his radical plan to disband the City's police department to take effect. Kenton County Police cruisers are already patrolling Villa Hills' streets.
When its all said and done, Martin may simply decide to blame City Attorney Toad V. McMurtry for providing slipshod legal advice. We guess Toad V. McMurtry won't care. He'll keep billing the bejeezus out of the taxpayers' hides either way.
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Speaking of comparisons and billing the bejeezus out of the taxpayers, where is Councilmember Mary Koenig's self-righteous indignation now? During last year's "let's give Martin a whole new council" race, Koenig bitterly railed against the cost of the Special Counsel's investigation of Martin. This despite THE FACT that Martin was CONVICTED ON SEVEN OF NINE COUNTS OF OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT AND NEGLECT OF DUTY.
Flash forward to today. Not one peep of protest from Koenig about:
- Martin signing the purchase order that generated himself a $23,000-PLUS BONUS CHECK
- Martin HIRING AT LEAST SEVEN TAXPAYER-FUNDED ATTORNEYS
- Martin USING TAXPAYER MONEY TO FILE SUIT AGAINST THE TAXPAYERS
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Martin wouldn't be reaming the taxpayers like this if former Councilmembers Pope and Noll had not "gone in the tank" for Martin last October.
[PUBLISHER'S NOTE: The Martin Chronicles will be welcoming visitor number 130,000 some time today. Thank you all for your ongoing support of our blog. We couldn't do it without you. And of course the perpetual mayhem wreaked by the malfeasant Martin!]
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Secret Meeting News And Notes
The Martin Chronicles thinks its fair to say that as bad as things are in malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin's Villa Hills now, they are going to get a whole lot worse. Last night's monthly secret-a.k.a. "caucus"- meeting provided more clues that Martin is sure to do a lot more damage before this mess comes to an end.
Council member Mary Koenig skipped the meeting. While we think council members should make the effort to come to all of the scheduled City meetings, we really wouldn't care if Koenig decided to take a pass on the rest of her council term. Martin doesn't appear to need her help to destroy what's left of the City.
City Attorney Toad V. McMurtry was tardy. One of the council members asked Martin if he knew why. Martin announced that McMurtry told him that he was "stuck in traffic". When McMurtry finally arrived at 6:45 he told everyone he thought the meeting "started at 7 o'clock". So, which is it? Traffic? Wrong start time? Somebody wasn't telling the truth. Are you surprised?
Martin also got the opportunity to tap dance around the embarrassment that is the very expensive flock of taxpayer-funded attorneys he has hired since four council people (Cahill, Koenig, Menninger-Isenhour and Wischer) voted to unrestrict budget funds for Martin to squander in any way he sees fit. It was very hard to follow Martin's babbling, but we think he forgot to mention the three taxpayer-funded attorneys Martin hired for his vendetta against Assistant Chief Schutzman.
Council member Cahill asked Martin how much had been spent on his army of attorneys to date. Not surprisingly, Martin had no idea. But Martin did promise to contact the attorneys and ask them how much the City now owes them. Yes, we know you know. Those attorneys will charge you for taking Martin's call and for preparing their billings. It appears Martin's "tight ship" has sprung a pretty large leak.
Cahill suggested that Martin may have to contact the attorneys to tell them they should stop working because the City may not be able to pay them. Cahill went on to suggest that Martin call an emergency meeting to present the legal bills to council so that they can assess the extent of the problem. Don't hold your breath.
Cahill said he expects the legal bills to be "substantial". Martin agreed with that. We wonder. Does Martin understand that he is the one responsible for running up those "substantial" legal bills?
The subject of the decimated police force was also discussed. Chief Goodenough told council that the department was down to four officers. Goodenough also announced that Kenton County Police cruisers were patrolling the City and that there is a new rash of vandalism.
Not surprisingly, Martin looked past the crime spree and said the City was saving "75 hours of overtime" because of Kenton County's help. Martin failed to mention that the City's auditor had advised him that hiring an eighth police officer would dramatically reduce overtime as well. Martin also skipped over the fact that Kenton County will not continue to provide "free" police coverage for an interminable length of time.
Council members Cahill, Baehner and Balson voted to table Martin's request to approve the new rates from the Northern Kentucky Area Planning Commission. Why? Because Martin hadn't even bothered to share the new rates with city council before asking them to be approved.. Imagine that? We are relieved to see that some of the new council have decided to actually read things before they vote to approve them. That is a good step in the right direction.
Council member Wischer suggested that the City's public works crew begin fixing sidewalks and billing the residents the cost plus an additional 10%. Wischer's proposal was met with the sound of crickets.
Martin and council then retreated in to executive session. Some attendees claim they heard some very loud-but indiscernible-"discussion" taking place behind closed doors. We can only imagine.
More reports to follow.
Council member Mary Koenig skipped the meeting. While we think council members should make the effort to come to all of the scheduled City meetings, we really wouldn't care if Koenig decided to take a pass on the rest of her council term. Martin doesn't appear to need her help to destroy what's left of the City.
City Attorney Toad V. McMurtry was tardy. One of the council members asked Martin if he knew why. Martin announced that McMurtry told him that he was "stuck in traffic". When McMurtry finally arrived at 6:45 he told everyone he thought the meeting "started at 7 o'clock". So, which is it? Traffic? Wrong start time? Somebody wasn't telling the truth. Are you surprised?
Martin also got the opportunity to tap dance around the embarrassment that is the very expensive flock of taxpayer-funded attorneys he has hired since four council people (Cahill, Koenig, Menninger-Isenhour and Wischer) voted to unrestrict budget funds for Martin to squander in any way he sees fit. It was very hard to follow Martin's babbling, but we think he forgot to mention the three taxpayer-funded attorneys Martin hired for his vendetta against Assistant Chief Schutzman.
Council member Cahill asked Martin how much had been spent on his army of attorneys to date. Not surprisingly, Martin had no idea. But Martin did promise to contact the attorneys and ask them how much the City now owes them. Yes, we know you know. Those attorneys will charge you for taking Martin's call and for preparing their billings. It appears Martin's "tight ship" has sprung a pretty large leak.
Cahill suggested that Martin may have to contact the attorneys to tell them they should stop working because the City may not be able to pay them. Cahill went on to suggest that Martin call an emergency meeting to present the legal bills to council so that they can assess the extent of the problem. Don't hold your breath.
Cahill said he expects the legal bills to be "substantial". Martin agreed with that. We wonder. Does Martin understand that he is the one responsible for running up those "substantial" legal bills?
The subject of the decimated police force was also discussed. Chief Goodenough told council that the department was down to four officers. Goodenough also announced that Kenton County Police cruisers were patrolling the City and that there is a new rash of vandalism.
Not surprisingly, Martin looked past the crime spree and said the City was saving "75 hours of overtime" because of Kenton County's help. Martin failed to mention that the City's auditor had advised him that hiring an eighth police officer would dramatically reduce overtime as well. Martin also skipped over the fact that Kenton County will not continue to provide "free" police coverage for an interminable length of time.
Council members Cahill, Baehner and Balson voted to table Martin's request to approve the new rates from the Northern Kentucky Area Planning Commission. Why? Because Martin hadn't even bothered to share the new rates with city council before asking them to be approved.. Imagine that? We are relieved to see that some of the new council have decided to actually read things before they vote to approve them. That is a good step in the right direction.
Council member Wischer suggested that the City's public works crew begin fixing sidewalks and billing the residents the cost plus an additional 10%. Wischer's proposal was met with the sound of crickets.
Martin and council then retreated in to executive session. Some attendees claim they heard some very loud-but indiscernible-"discussion" taking place behind closed doors. We can only imagine.
More reports to follow.
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Infringing On His Fantasy
The Martin Chronicles is tracking down an audio file that contains Villa Hills malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin's profane outburst directed at the Civil Service Board. Martin's expletive-laced explosion occurred at last week's Civil Service Board meeting regarding a temporary agreement reached between Martin and Assistant Chief Joe Schutzman.
We understand that Martin was highly agitated because one of the SEVEN TAXPAYER-FUNDED ATTORNEYS Martin recently hired referred to the mayor's upcoming "lawsuit against the City" as, well, uh, er, a "lawsuit against the City". Why? Because Martin is preparing to file yet another "lawsuit against the City", paying for it with TAXPAYER MONEY. [Should we be happy that Councilmembers Cahill, Koenig, Menninger-Isenhour and Wischer recently voted to remove any restrictions from the City's budget so that Martin could rush out and hire his army of attorneys? No, we shouldn't.]
Sources tell us that the attorney and most of the board members were shocked by Martin's fit of frenzy. Why? Because Martin has worked hard to hide his rage for many years. Over the last several months Martin's anger has been publicly boiling over with increasing frequency.
Martin seems to have a difficult time dealing with facts. He appears far more comfortable in the deceitful world he has created for himself. Martin has told you a great deal about his fantasy world. Have you been listening? You know, the one where there has been a long-standing conspiracy carried out by dark forces to stop Martin from "saving" his fantasy world . . . the world where Martin does nothing wrong . . . the world where people won't work with Martin . . . the world where evidence is planted and people commit perjury to frame Martin . . . the world where Martin believes all he has to say is "I didn't know that then-but I know it now" absolves him of absolutely any indiscretion.
Sources tell us that Martin seems to be getting more and more agitated. Several patrons told one of our reporters that they recently saw Martin having lunch at the bar in PeeWees. These witnesses say Martin was busily texting and appeared angrier and angrier with each new text he received. Why? Who knows. But Martin does seem to be far less able to hide his explosive temper. That points to stormy seas ahead.
By the way, every taxpayer in Villa Hills should strongly consider something important when they try to decide whether or not they are-as Martin told them in March, 2012-"getting exactly what they voted for". As we have written, the taxpayers are now funding at least SEVEN ATTORNEYS to deal with all of the massive problems Martin has created over the past two-and-a-half years. At the same time, the Villa Hills Police Department is only able to field FOUR POLICE OFFICERS. That is indisputable evidence of mismanagement writ large.
Martin's dreadful mismanagement explains why Kenton County Police cruisers are now patrolling the streets of Villa Hills.
We understand that Martin was highly agitated because one of the SEVEN TAXPAYER-FUNDED ATTORNEYS Martin recently hired referred to the mayor's upcoming "lawsuit against the City" as, well, uh, er, a "lawsuit against the City". Why? Because Martin is preparing to file yet another "lawsuit against the City", paying for it with TAXPAYER MONEY. [Should we be happy that Councilmembers Cahill, Koenig, Menninger-Isenhour and Wischer recently voted to remove any restrictions from the City's budget so that Martin could rush out and hire his army of attorneys? No, we shouldn't.]
Sources tell us that the attorney and most of the board members were shocked by Martin's fit of frenzy. Why? Because Martin has worked hard to hide his rage for many years. Over the last several months Martin's anger has been publicly boiling over with increasing frequency.
Martin seems to have a difficult time dealing with facts. He appears far more comfortable in the deceitful world he has created for himself. Martin has told you a great deal about his fantasy world. Have you been listening? You know, the one where there has been a long-standing conspiracy carried out by dark forces to stop Martin from "saving" his fantasy world . . . the world where Martin does nothing wrong . . . the world where people won't work with Martin . . . the world where evidence is planted and people commit perjury to frame Martin . . . the world where Martin believes all he has to say is "I didn't know that then-but I know it now" absolves him of absolutely any indiscretion.
Sources tell us that Martin seems to be getting more and more agitated. Several patrons told one of our reporters that they recently saw Martin having lunch at the bar in PeeWees. These witnesses say Martin was busily texting and appeared angrier and angrier with each new text he received. Why? Who knows. But Martin does seem to be far less able to hide his explosive temper. That points to stormy seas ahead.
By the way, every taxpayer in Villa Hills should strongly consider something important when they try to decide whether or not they are-as Martin told them in March, 2012-"getting exactly what they voted for". As we have written, the taxpayers are now funding at least SEVEN ATTORNEYS to deal with all of the massive problems Martin has created over the past two-and-a-half years. At the same time, the Villa Hills Police Department is only able to field FOUR POLICE OFFICERS. That is indisputable evidence of mismanagement writ large.
Martin's dreadful mismanagement explains why Kenton County Police cruisers are now patrolling the streets of Villa Hills.
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