The Martin Chronicles staff knows we aren't the only ones who realize that is less than 197 eventful days until "Judgment Day" in malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin's Villa Hills. We read the posts on the social networks that proclaim they can't wait until the day Martin is tossed out of the mayor's office. Brothers and sisters, we couldn't agree more with those posters.
But where are the usual suspects? Why have they gone so very silent? You know who we mean. Let's look at just one of those usual suspects.
Wasn't it the failed 2006 mayoral candidate Mike Pope who spent so much time FALSELY challenging the previous administration on virtually every issue on his "unofficial" City website? So, where is Mike Pope now?
Why has Mike Pope "gone dark"? If ever a troubled, vastly over-taxed City needed help, it's right now.
- Surely, Mike Pope realizes that every non-scofflaw resident continues to pay the UNFAIR $40 PER CAR STICKER TAX? So, where is he?
- Surely, Mike Pope realizes that there is truly now NO LOG (POPE'S OWN SPELLING) TERM FIFTY YEAR ROAD PLAN in place to repair the City's rapidly disintegrating City streets? So, where is he?
- Surely, Mike Pope realizes that his family is far, far, far less safe after the miscreant Martin has done everything his pea brain can imagine to destroy the local police department? So, where is he?
- Surely, Mike Pope understands that it is impossibly indefensible for Martin to squander huge sums of TAXPAYER MONEY deploying his personal attorney Toad V. McMurtry to suck the TAXPAYERS OF VILLA HILLS DRY as the City Attorney? So, where is he?
- Surely, Mike Pope understands that Martin's Executive Order giving the tiny tyrant unprecedented permission to arrest "dissidents" is a far cry from the "family friendly" he FALSELY claimed he hoped for in 2006? So, where is he?
- Surely, Mike Pope realizes that his hero Mike Martin convenes a true "secret meeting" each and every month? Martin pushes first readings on ordinances that advance his diabolical agenda at every non-televised, "SECRET" caucus meeting. So, where is he?
- Surely, Mike Pope has heard that the taxpayers of his City are paying $215,000 a year for building and zoning services. Isn't he bothered that Martin and the City Clerk who just received a whopping THIRTY-THREE PER CENT PAY RAISE are pushing to spend even more TAXPAYER MONEY on a "nuisance officer"? So, where is he?
We certainly do wonder where Pope is. We also wonder what has happened to the likes of Kentoncounty1, meto3130 and skittel? Where are they when their City desperately needs them?
It looks like its going to be up to The Martin Chronicles to carry the load. We certainly don't mind. Because unlike Mike Pope, Kentoncounty1, meto3130 and skittel, we're telling you the truth.
Then it will be up to the voters on November 4.
The Martin Chronicles is amazed at how easy it is for Villa Hills malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin to be sleazy. Just look at his shameless practice of perpetually using TAXPAYER money to surround himself with his cronies.
Martin didn't wait long to build his TAXPAYER-FUNDED "good old boy" network. He brought his old pal Cordelia Schaber on to the CITY PAYROLL to mangle the books just weeks after taking office in January, 2011. Schaber has been a bucket-headed disaster whose complete lack of accounting ability continues to make it easy for Martin to prevent the voters from knowing the true extent of his profligate spending. Taxpayers can take no comfort in the grim fact that Martin is forcing them to pay Schaber $47.50 PER HOUR despite her abject incompetence.
What else but cronyism explains Martin's hiring of the socially-awkward giantess Mary Hardman, supposedly just for tax season, in 2011? Not surprisingly, Hardman continued to have her snout in the TAXPAYER TROUGH well after tax season ended. To repay Martin for paying her all of that TAXPAYER-FUNDED MONEY, Hardman went so far as to tell the tall tale that she thought it was okay for Martin to ILLEGALLY DESTROY CITY RECORDS because she read a book about how to be a clerk.
Perhaps the hire that continues to have more people all across the Tri-State scratching their heads than any other is Martin's indefensible appointment of his personal attorney Toad V. McMurtry to serve as the TAXPAYER-FUNDED CITY ATTORNEY. It wouldn't even matter if McMurtry was a good attorney-and that is hotly debated. The appearance of impropriety and conflict of interest are both staggering. But since when has Martin cared about that? He is the CEO, after all.
Long-time Martin observers also tell us that the puny punk constantly complained that retired Police Chief Michael "Corky" Brown served as the part-time City Administrator from late 2004 until 2008. The little liar griped that it was a waste of money to pay Brown for his knowledge and experience.
My, how times have changed. Martin now has no problem giving City Clerk Craig T. Bohman a TAXPAYER FUNDED THIRTY-THREE PERCENT PAY INCREASE to also serve as the "part-time City Administrator". So, does Martin now see the value of the position? Or, is Martin using TAXPAYER MONEY to repay Bohman for the key role he played in running off both Assistant Chief Joe Schutzman and Chief Dan Goodenough?
And now Martin is going to help Erlanger Captain Jansing build yet another TAXPAYER-FUNDED PENSION? This is not about Erlanger Captain Jansing. This is about Mike Martin's cronyism.
As we have already reported, sources say Martin is considering extending a five-year contract to Jansing. This could tie the hands of a new mayor if Martin is defeated in the upcoming election.
Suppose a new mayor wanted to go in a different direction come January 1, 2015? Would Martin's legacy of lawyers and lawsuits continue well past his terrible term in office? That is entirely possible.
November 4 cannot get here soon enough.
The Martin Chronicles sources in the City of Erlanger are telling us that malfeasant Mayor Martin has already chosen a successor for ousted Police Chief Dan Goodenough. These sources tell us that Martin, Mary Koenig and others have already selected former Crescent Springs Police Chief Mike Jansing to leave his job in Erlanger to begin building a third retirement nest egg as the Chief of Villa Hills' decimated department.
We are also hearing that Jansing is being quite open about the back door deal he's struck with Martin. First, Martin and his supplicant Safety Committee will go through the charade of interviewing candidates. Then, they will announce that they have decided to hire Jansing. They just won't announce that the decision was made even before any other candidates were interviewed.
Jansing is also telling people that he's gotten Martin to agree to signing a five-year contract that will secure Jansing's employment even if the voters toss the tiny tyrant out on November 4.
Barely 200 days to go!
The Martin Chronicles staff has really been enjoying all of the folksy humor that's been making the rounds in malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin's Villa Hills recently. We know, the stories aren't new. But they sure are funny when they're customized to the current sorry state in that troubled town.
We heard this one yesterday.
A Villa Hills resident was very pleased with the new sound system he had installed in his car. Not only was the sound incredible, it was much safer. Why? Because all he now had to do was tell the radio the genre of music he wanted and the radio would find it for him.
He was showing off his new radio to a friend as they were traveling to Reds game recently. First he said, "Radio, country music" and a Keith Urban song began to play. Then he said, "Radio, classic rock" and The Rolling Stone's "Jumpin' Jack Flash" blasted from the speakers.
Finally, the two decided they wanted to get ready for the game so the driver said, "Radio, Reds' pre-game" and they were greeted to Marty's interview of Bryan Price. They settled in for the rest of the trip.
Suddenly, a car full of partiers ran a red light and careened in to the intersection. The wild driver nearly t-boned the Villa Hills resident and his friend. Quick thinking and good driving prevented a disaster.
The Villa Hills resident looked at his friend and said, "crazy assholes". The radio immediately began to play a cover of the old Bee Gee's song "Jive Talkin'" being performed by Mike Martin, Toad V. McMurtry and Craig T. Bohman.
The resident could only say, "That certainly makes sense".
The Martin Chronicles inadvertently published a draft of our findings of our investigative report in to the civic club. Whoops! We're sorry. But things happen.
We can tell you this. What we've learned will explain a lot of what has happened over the past several years.
Please stand by.
The Martin Chronicles reporting staff obviously spends much more time listening to the opinions and questions of the many residents of malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin's Villa Hills than the tiny tyrant and his cronies do. We also hear the observations made by people from outside Martin's troubled town.
It is a generally accepted fact that Martin and his cronies receive most of their feeble feedback from the venal supporters who gravitate at places like the civic club and from like-minded, below-the-belters including the bilious blowhard Kenton County Judge Executive Steve Arlinghaus. We certainly hope Martin and his cronies stay in their odd echo chamber, hearing nothing more than "at-a-boys" for their atrocious behavior.
Many "everyday people" are wondering what suddenly caused Martin to change his views on what he has always FALSELY described as "double-dipping". Why? Because Martin and his City Clerk-and now TAXPAYER-FUNDED City Administrator-Craig T, Bohman are proposing the appointment of one of the Public Works employees to also serve as the "nuisance officer".
What's up with that? Shouldn't Public Works be busy fixing the City's decaying streets? It's obvious that Martin was LYING in 2010 when he told many residents that he could repeal the UNFAIR $40 PER CAR STICKER TAX and find the money required to repair streets out of the City's existing budget,
First of all, every non-scofflaw resident is still paying the UNFAIR $40 PER CAR STICKER TAX. Worse yet, virtually no real road repair and replacement has been done since Martin plopped his but in the mayor's office on January 1, 2011. This is a complete disgrace.
Many "everyday people" are also wondering what happened to Martin's FALSE 2010 campaign claim that safety is his "first priority"? Why? Because it has become abundantly clear to many, many residents that Martin has strangely spent most of his time DISMANTLING the Villa Hills Police Department.
Martin has intentionally kept the local department under-staffed since he took office. And, Martin has spent a great deal of taxpayer money to DEFAME the previous police department leadership.
So, if the rumors of Kenton County Sheriff's officers napping in their cruisers is true, how safe are the residents? Martin's handling of this issue has been a complete disgrace.
A growing number of citizens are also wondering about Martin's FALSE promise to bring greater "transparency" to City Government. Where is this supposed transparency?
Martin, Mary Koenig and their willing accomplices are intentionally hiding the true cost of Martin's vendetta-driven obsession with wasting TAXPAYER money on lawyers and legal actions. Koenig is "on the record" saying that "the residents don't need to know that" Huh?. Really? You don't say? Is that a fact?
Then there is the City's crappy website. Most residents have come to the realization that the crappy website has devolved in to nothing more that a piece of propaganda promoting Martin and his wrong-headed agenda. Bad, bad, bad.
A growing number of residents are also questioning Martin's BOGUS claim that he was somehow going to bring some already-in place "honesty and integrity" to the mayor's office. Who was he kidding? Oh, yeah. He was kidding the razor thin majority who put his undeserving hind end in to that aforementioned mayor's office.
After all, isn't it Martin who:
- Received a "confidential reprimand" from the Villa Hills Ethics Board for his MISUSE of City personnel and resources?
- Was proven to have committed FORGERY by four respected appellate judges?
- Was dressed down by a judge for his ILLEGAL DESTRUCTION of City records?
- Was CONVICTED ON SEVEN OF NINE CHARGES OF OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT AND NEGLECT OF DUTY?
- Was caught in the LIE that things would get better if he was surrounded by a new council in 2012?
- That hired his own personal attorney to serve as the City Attorney?
- That was caught in the LIE that former Police Chief Dan Goodenough was just taking a few days off?
People are wondering about the DISENGENUOUS statement Martin made when questioned about his now-known-to-be-true charge about his misplaced vendetta against former Police Chief Dan Goodenough and former Assistant Police Chief Joe Schutzman at the 2010 civic club hillbilly hoedown "candidate forum"., When challenged about that now-known-to-be-true-vendetta, Martin FALSELY denied it and said that they all just needed to "work together". What has happened since clearly proves that Martin was LYING.
Martin's intentional destruction of the Villa Hills Police Department is now an obvious fact. Voters finally surrounded Martin with pinheads like Brian Wischer, Holly B. Menninger Isenhour and the always-around-when-a-police-chief-is-terminated lMary Koenig. That disgrace is shared.
Many, many townsfolk are asking why Martin believes he can trample over their First Amendment rights. Martin signed an Executive Order granting him unprecedented power to arrest "dissidents", after all.
Will these dissidents reply on November 4?
The Martin Chronicles has been keeping close tabs on the shifting public sentiment in malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin's Villa Hills. Much of what we are hearing gives us hope that a credible candidate who runs the right kind of campaign has a good chance to replace Martin in the mayor's office on January 1, 2015. We are sure you're not surprised to read that The Martin Chronicles believes that would be a very good thing for the mismanaging Martin's troubled town.
One of the major signs that points towards success for a potential Martin opponent is the rapidly growing realization that Martin is an unrepentant LIAR. Sure, we could recount an almost endless list of examples that demonstrate that fact. But the one moment that has become indelibly etched in the minds of many townsfolk was Martin's LIE that former Police Chief Dan Goodenough was simply "taking a few days off" just a few weeks ago.
People now understand that Martin told reporters from Channels 5, 9, 12, 19 and the dinosaur print media that LIE after he and his personal-and now City-Attorney Toad V. McMurtry had already presented Goodenough with the unseemly ultimatum to either quietly resign or face the notorious Martin "smear machine". That LIE was cemented in people's minds when the incredibly costly and obviously bogus dismissal hearing began just a few days later.
Secondly, the misdirecting Martin did serious damage to the false persona he has been desperately attempting to create for himself as a competent manager over the past three-plus years during Goodenough's dismissal hearing. How so? Martin actually admitted that he had never once met with Goodenough to discuss his concerns.
Instead, Martin feebly complained that he is only being paid $200 a month and simply didn't have the time to meet with the Chief to discuss the hundreds of thousands of dollars that were being wasted on the unnecessary, TAXPAYER-FUNDED overtime that was incurred as a result of Martin's conscious decision to keep the police department woefully understaffed. It was pathetic.
Thirdly, Martin is tearing down his FALSE image that he is a "nice guy who does great things for people". The excessive celebration by Martin and his venal cronies in the aftermath of Goodenough's forced retirement give residents the true measure of Martin's CORRUPT and CALLOUS character.
Sure, the ass clowns at the civic club are lapping it up. Many have read their stupid posts on the social networks. But most residents are sickened by the embarrassing behavior of the mean-spirited Martin and his venal cronies.
The most encouraging clues are being provided by people who are letting it be well known that they understand that "ALL problems are management problems". How can Martin justify forcing out former Assistant Chief Joe Schutzman and now former Police Chief Dan Goodenough when it is now an established fact that Martin never once took the time to discuss his so-called "concerns" with either man? Who's problem is that? Well, the obvious answer is that it is the sole problem of the mismanaging Martin.
We hate to say we told you so, But we did tell you so. We have been telling you for years now that Martin's stupid proclamation that he is "the CEO" and that all decisions are his and that if you didn't like it you simply had to "get over it" because Martin was "moving on"?
So who is responsible for this mess? Well, by the tiny tyrant's own words, this mess is the sole property of Martin himself. In short, Martin has been the sole architect of this embarrassing disaster, Yes, he's had support from his TAXPAYER-FUNDED GOON SQUAD and his mindless inner circle. But the decisions were his, and his alone.
Judgment day is now a little more than 200 days away. More than 1,250 days of Martin mayhem have gone by now. Will the voter's finally end Martin's pathetic political career on Tuesday, November 4?
We think they just might.
