The Martin Chronicles is investigating a widely-circulating rumor in malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin's Villa Hills. For the purposes of full disclosure and total transparency, we must write that this is now only an unsubstantiated rumor.
Here it is. We feel fairly confident that the reports of Martin, Councilwoman Holly B. Menninger-Isenhour and Martin's personal-and now City-Attorney Toad V. McMurtry's efforts to snatch cell tower revenues away from the civic club ass clowns are accurate. It makes sense. Martin needs more TAXPAYER MONEY to pay all of the legal fees he is incurring.
But now the story is growing. Several sources are reporting that there is a great deal of chatter about a Martin-hatched plan to grab the civic club property through eminent domain. For the uninitiated, eminent domain is a government entity's power to take private property for "public use".
For those of you who believe that such a bold move could be stopped in court, you had better re-think your belief. The only thing a judge would decide is just how much TAXPAYER MONEY Martin would have to pay the civic club ass clowns to take their property. That is settled law.
So why might Martin and Menninger-Isenhour even think about such a bold move? We do know that Menninger-Isenhour is the Chairperson of the City's Recreation Committee. She has publicly expressed her frustrations over her dealings with the civic club on multiple occasions.
We also know that the almost-totally-built-out Villa Hills makes the acreage on Rogers Road prime real estate. It would be worth a large sum of money for a mismanaging mayor who might just decide to turn around and sell the land to a developer. Governments are statutorily prohibited from using eminent domain as a way to "make money".
But when have legal prohibitions ever stopped Martin? His personal-and now City-Attorney Toad V. McMurtry will happily lead the way. Why not? Just imagine the countless TAXPAYER-FUNDED billable hours once again defending the indefensible.
We have learned that eminent domain rumors have surfaced periodically over the past several years. Some theorize that General Zod and the other half-baked directors whose plot to wage a mud-slinging war against any Martin opponent(s) has leaked out are looking for a way to deflect attention away from that embarrassing revelation. Sources tell us that this revelation has hurt the bar and steak night business at the club. As well it should.
Others believe it is the misdirecting Martin himself who started the rumor. Why would he do that? Well, first of all the miniature mullah is dead nuts crazy. But think about it for a moment. Martin has been taking a public beating for the underhanded way he railroaded former Police Chief Dan Goodenough. A large segment of the population are very upset that Martin told a BOLD-FACED LIE, claiming that Goodenough was "just taking a few days off".
These rumors may be nothing more than rumors. But, given Martin's now-long history of bizarre moves, who knows?
The voters of Villa Hills will get the chance to decide if they want to give Martin more than "a few days off" in just 169 days.
The Martin Chronicles really loves (almost all of) its readers. We have received a steady stream of phone calls and emails from a large number of them expressing their opinions on recent turns of events in malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin's troubled town of Villa Hills. Oh, you know, the problems mostly stem from the fact that Martin is a mouth-breathing dumbass. But let's address the very recent communications anyway.
Literally hundred of communications have come in to the Saturday night crew manning the ramparts of the malevolent Martin's demolished democracy complaining about the Covington connection leading to the recent hiring of the tattered town's new Police Chief. The Number One comment? "This ain't Covington!" Sure enough.
But we don't think this has too much to do with Covington. After all, Villa Hills mostly came in to existence in the early 1960's to resist Covington's attempted annexation of the suburbs in the area that has grown in to a once-respected Northern Kentucky community in a brazen attempt to grab tax money.
Sure, we believe a former Covington mayor who now lives in Villa Hills influenced the meat-headed Martin's vapid decision to hire a former Covington Police Captain to serve as an embattled Police Chief in the tiny tyrants tattered town. In point of fact, several sources tell us so. Okay. So what?
Sure, we totally believe the sources who tell us that Martin ran like a scared rabbit when The Martin Chronicles correctly reported on his despicable, original plan to hire a longtime crony who was looking for a way for VILLA HILLS TAXPAYERS TO FUND A THIRD TAXPAYER-FUNDED RETIREMENT. Martin is a total idiot who is being used by a number of people to suck in the teat of VILLA HILLS TAXPAYERS. Okay. So what?
Sure, we understand the angst of people with a triple-digit IQ in Villa Hills who understand that the mallet-headed Martin is not much more than an inept lawbreaker. But we still say "This ain't Covington".
No, what Martin is mindlessly doing is the purest form of the very worst of real hometown, Norwood.
The Martin Chronicles wants to clearly state our official position on Villa Hills malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin's recent hiring of a new Police Chief. You remember, the fellow who is replacing Dan Goodenough. Yes, that Dan Goodenough. The former Chief the malevolent Martin railroaded out of his job. This after Martin LIED to everyone, saying that "Dan Goodenough is just taking a few days off".
This will be the only time we write that the new fellow was promoted from a part-time patrolman position to Chief after working in Villa Hills for only about a year. This will be the only time we write about the interesting connection between the new fellow who quickly rose through the ranks from part-time patrolman to Chief and a former Covington Mayor who was serving on Martin's now-disbanded Civil Service Commission.
You see-unlike the miscreant Martin and some of his allies on the current City Council-The Martin Chronicles carefully avoids criticizing men and women who must wear body armor to work everyday and spend their time in a dangerous profession that often has them coming in contact with unsavory characters. In point of fact, the new fellow who was promoted from a part-time patrolman position to Chief after working in Villa Hills for only about a year will now have to deal with unsavory characters all of the time.
Who, you ask? Unsavory characters like the mallet-headed Martin, Martin's personal-and now City-Attorney Toad V. McMurtry, the vile and disgusting Mary Koenig, the harebrained Holly B. Menninger-Isenhour and the dangerously ambitious City Clerk Craig T. Bohman who happily took a nearly THIRTY-THREE PERCENT TAXPAYER-FUNDED PAY INCREASE after willfully assisting the tiny tyrant in destroying the long careers of Goodenough and the Assistant Police Chief. We think the new fellow is going to have his hands quite full with that motley crew.
Everyone needs to remember that Martin bears full responsibility for what has transpired. You also need to realize that Martin rests his flat little head on his pillow at night with the unshakeable belief that he has done a great thing by dismantling the police department piece by long-serving piece. Martin is absolutely convinced that the huge surge in crime in Villa Hills has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that he has run off SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE VERY EXPERIENCED POLICE OFFICERS he inherited in January, 2011.
Why? Because Martin has treated the police department like dirt. All of the former officers will confirm that fact. The reason? Because Martin will be forevermore sore about his appellate court-justified 2007 FORGERY ARREST.
Despite the fact that Martin is a mouth-breathing simpleton, he has to realize that managing an educated, intelligent group of police officers is in no way like his mismanagement of the poor bastards he ran in to the ground at the cookie factory he helped mismanage out of business. Even still, he has proven incapable of changing his 19th Century, autocratic style to lead people who are far smarter than him.
You cannot believe that Martin has brutalized the police department because he wanted to save the taxpayers "a whole bunch of money". The facts simply don't bear out that position. How can anyone claim they are trying to save taxpayer money when they are wasting HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN UNNECESSARY LEGAL FEES? That is a cruel hoax on the taxpayers.
Perhaps you are like the asshats at the civic club who continue to believe that Martin's destruction of City services and the lowering of Villa Hills standing amongst the Cities of our Tri-State are good things. If so, you should probably vote to re-elect the mindless Martin on November 4.
But if you believe that Villa Hills should do far better than a corrupt incompetent in the mayor's office, you need to give strong consideration to Martin's opponent(s) in the fall election. Decision day is creeping ever closer.
That decision day is now about 170 days away.
The Martin Chronicles continues to be amazed by how rapidly its readership continues to grow. We have new readers coming onboard every single day. We thank you all.
Our new readers would be well served by going back in to The Martin Chronicles archives to get up to speed on the magnitude of Villa Hills Mayor Mike Martin's corruption and incompetence. Martin's three-and-a-half years in office have been so full of problems that its actually hard to comprehend.
Many people are amazed that the dim-witted, duplicitous Martin remains in office. But there he is. Not only is he still in office, he fully intends to run for re-election. His dirtbag 2010 campaign was the disgusting stuff of legend. We expect that his 2014 re-election campaign will be even worse.
Why? Because the only way he can deflect attention away from his own terrible record is to pour mud all over his opponent(s). And Martin, his ass clown civic club pals and his infamous hillbilly lynchmob will most certainly plumb new depths for mudslinging.
How else can Martin possibly deflect attention away from:
- The fact that he received a REPRIMAND FROM THE VILLA HILLS ETHICS BOARD for his misuse of City personnel and resources?
- The fact that Martin received a stern rebuke from a respected judge for his ILLEGAL DESTRUCTION OF CITY REORDS?
- The fact that Martin has totally mismanaged the City's annual budgets?
- The fact that Martin was CONVICTED ON SEVEN COUNTS OF OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT AND NEGLECT OF DUTY?
- The fact that Martin hired his personal attorney to serve as the TAXPAYER-FUNDED City Attorney?
- The fact that Martin was forced to admit that he has been LYING for years about his secret plan to disband the Villa Hills Police Department?
- The fact that Martin walked away from his opposition to a City Administrator for Villa Hills when he gave his City Clerk a THIRTY-THREE PERCENT TAXPAYER-FUNDED PAY INCREASE to assume the role of City Administrator?
- The fact that Martin has disgracefully walked away from his "solemn" pledge to repeal the UNFAIR $40 PER CAR STICKER TAX?
- The fact that he was caught in a bold-faced LIE when he FALSELY claimed that former Police Chief Dan Goodenough was "just taking a few days off"?
- The fact that Martin has SQUANDERED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON UNNECESSAY LEGAL FEES AND LAWYER?
- The fact that Martin and his new council have INCREASED THE CITY'S INSURANCE PREMIUM TAX BY NEARLY FORTY PERCENT?!?!?
Yes, it has been so terribly bad that it is almost unbelievable. How could this possibly happen? But it has happened. Every bit of it. And a whole lot more.
That is a fact.
The Martin Chronicles have never hidden the fact that we hold the ass clowns from the civic club in very low regard. In our opinion, they represent the worst of the worst. But we are still going to offer them this warning if they still intend to move forward with their now heavily-documented plan to slime opponents of their bad-actor buddy, Villa Hills malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin.
Be advised, the Internal Revenue Service will not waste any time trying to make a distinction between the efforts of a civic club president, board members, directors or even sergeant-at-arms in their official roles and in their personal roles. Why? Because the evidence of their official plot has already been captured on high-quality video. Boy, howdy.
You see, we have learned that the high-powered attorney who has been hired to take this case has no intention of sitting back while the Martin operatives who serve in leadership positions at the civic club try to slime Martin opponents "supposedly" on their own. As that high-powered attorney puts it, "that dog won't hunt".
These civic club fools also better be well aware that a well-placed group of residents is already in place to watch their every move. These residents will not allow anybody in a leadership position at the civic club to get away with the shenanigans they have pulled in support of the mallet-headed Martin now since at least 2010. The days of LIBEL, SLANDER AND DEFAMATION are now OFFICIALLY OVER.
Oh, if they intend to send "anonymous" mailings or distribute other anonymous door-to-door defamation to the voters of Villa Hills, they had better think twice. Why? Well, maybe they might oughta ask Jerry Bamberger about the inherent dangers in engaging in those activities. You see, people are watching you very, very closely.
On the other hand, maybe we should hope they do try. It might be the best way to finally clean the rats out of that nasty nest.
[EDITOR'S NOTE: Given the fact that Martin has been working with his personal-and now City-Attorney Toad V. McMurtry to snatch cell tower revenue from the civic club, we aren't really sure why these civic club ass hats still worship the tiny tyrant.]
The Martin Chronicles can tell when we get people's attention. Daily readership and post readership are the best indicators. Judging by the incredible spike in both gauges for yesterday's post about the dastardly- but-no-longer-secret- plan formulated by some of the leadership of the civic club board to attack potential opponents of Villa Hills malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin, people are now closely watching.
We've also received numerous calls and emails from readers about this shocking revelation. We'll tell you what we told all of them. There is absolute proof. It's amazing how good the sound on today's video phones are. It's equally amazing how stupid some people can be when they reveal their clandestine plans in public. We've seen several of the videos. None of them bode well for the future of the civic club as it exists today.
Be advised, this is not an effort being undertaken by The Martin Chronicles. The foolish revelations about the plans of some in leadership positions at the civic club has taken on a life of its own and has nothing to do with us. As always, The Martin Chronicles remains the observer of the corruption and incompetence of the Martin Misadministration, Martin's TAXPAYER-FUNDED goon squad and Martin's notorious hillbilly lynchmob.
We have learned that this independent group has already retained very talented legal counsel. This attorney has prepared all of the information-including the video evidence-to be sent to the Internal Revenue Service.
We have also learned that a network of people is already in place to look for any sign that those in the civic club leadership who hatched this diabolical plan are beginning to move that plan forward. That's when all hell will break loose.
You see, the lawyer this group has hired does not plan to imitate the mendacious Martin's pernicious pattern of using "anonymous letters from concerned citizens". No, this attorney will publicly step forward to deliver the evidence to the Internal Revenue Service and to explain that evidence in detail to the media. This attorney-and the group that hired this attorney-have had enough of the below-the-belt tactics that has been the hallmark of Martin and his ilk for the last several years.
Enough is enough.
The Martin Chronicles previously reported about the direct threats made by members of the newly-elected Villa Hills Civic Club Board of Directors. What were those direct threats? They are threatening to launch vicious and baseless attacks against the integrity of one potential mayoral candidate against Villa Hills malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin.
Well, isn't that a fine "howdy do"? These numbskulls still haven't figured out what a corrupt and incompetent skunk their buddy Martin has proven himself to clearly be. Or, maybe they just don't care.
We are very happy that these threats were made in public in front of multiple witnesses. Why? Because if these morons move forward with their disgusting plan, they may finally drag the civic club under with them. Given the recent checkered history of the malicious Martin's favorite watering hole, that may very well be the best fate for the club.
You see, these threats are clearly what the IRS describes as "political activity". If these chowder heads carry out these threats, their status as a 501(c)(3) tax entity will be in grave danger. Why? Because civic-minded residents are already planning to take this information to the IRS. The civic club will nor survive as a "for-profit" business.
The IRS is very clear about this. Read their official position about 501(c)(3)'s political activity:
Under the Internal Revenue Code, all section 501(c)(3) organizations are absolutely prohibited from directly or indirectly participating in, or intervening in, any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for elective public office. Contributions to political campaign funds or public statements of position (verbal or written) made on behalf of the organization in favor of or in opposition to any candidate for public office clearly violate the prohibition against political campaign activity. Violating this prohibition may result in denial or revocation of tax-exempt status and the imposition of certain excise taxes.
This is very important. The IRS doesn't say, "we hope 501(c)(3)'s don't do this". The IRS doesn't say, "501(c)(3)'s are discouraged from engaging in political activity". It's far more clear.
The IRS says that 501(c)(3)'s are "absolutely prohibited from directly or indirectly participating, or intervening in, any political campaign". The penalty? "Violating this prohibition my result in denial or revocation of tax-exempt status and the imposition of certain excise taxes". Because of the evidence compiled by engaged residents, readers can change that "may" to a "will".
Go ahead General Zod. Make our day.
