The Martin Chronicles reporters have been talking to people who are in a position to know. We've been meeting with some well-known civil engineers to make sure we have our terminology correct for our next contest.
First, some background information for you:
- Despite his false pledge to repeal it, Villa Hills malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin continues to take the UNFAIR $40 PER CAR STICKER TAX out of the wallets of every resident-allegedly for street repair and replacement.
- Despite proclaiming to the media during his 2010 dirbag mayoral campaign that he could find all of the additional money needed for the road repair and replacement budget out of the City's "existing budget", it appears all of the "extra money" the malingering Martin has "found" has been spent on LAWYERS AND LEGAL ACTIONS-instead of, again allegedly, road repair and replacement.
- Mayor MarTAX has also increased every resident's SNEAKY INSURANCE PREMIUM TAX BY FIFTY PERCENT-again, allegedly for road repair and replacement.
So, here is the contest. Contestants are asked to submit a list of all of the road repair and replacement the mismanaging Martin has gotten done since he took office on January 1, 2011. The contestant with the most complete list gets to join our beloved publisher for an all-expenses paid dinner at his favorite eatery, the Thai-Tanic Restaurant.
Mostly based on what the well-known civil engineers told us, here is what counts:
- FULL DEPTH REPLACEMENTS: This is where an entire street or a large portion of an entire street is totally torn out. Then proper under-drains are installed to prevent water from doing unseen damage underneath that street. Finally, new concrete is placed over the entire repaired area. (No, the recent work done by the Northern Kentucky Water District does not count.)
- ASPHALT OVERLAYS: This is where an entire street or a large portion of an entire street is first "milled down". Then asphalt is poured over the entire repaired area. Why? Well, our civil engineers tell us that overlay is done to extend the "life" of a failing street.
Mostly based on what the well-known civil engineers told us, here is what doesn't count:
- SLAB (OR MUD) JACKING: This is a process where a contractor shoots grout beneath a street to fill voids caused by water that runs beneath that street. All of our civil engineers advised us that this is mostly a fool's errand. Why? Because unless you have solved the running water problem, you have simply re-directed that water to undermine some other area of that street.
- CRACK SEALING: This is where a contractor pours hot tar in to the cracks of a street to prevent surface water from seeping in to the street. The seeping water will cause additional damage, especially during the "freeze-thaw cycle" of the fall and winter. So why doesn't that work count? Our well-known civil engineers advise us that "even a moron" would make sure that work is done every year. Perhaps these well-known civil engineers have never met Villa Hills malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin?
So, keeping in mind that the mismanaging Martin continues to collect huge sums of money from the taxpayers for a street repair and replacement program, send us your list of the road repair and replacement work Martin has done since taking office on January 1, 2011. The list that most closely demonstrates the truth of the road repair and replacement work Martin has done will be the winner.
You only have 55 days to decide whether or not we've asked you a trick question.
The Martin Chronicles entire staff got together for a working luncheon to discuss our coverage of the remaining 56 days of the campaign to start the titanic work of fixing current, malfeasant Villa Hills Mayor Mike Martin incompetent and corrupt City Government. It is sure to be full of intrigue and excitement. We are extremely well-prepared to cover every twist and turn in the election campaign because we have highly reliable sources placed absolutely everywhere.
We have to admit that our discussion was temporarily diverted to an analysis of how a town purportedly stocked with seemingly intelligent people could find themselves at the tail end of four years of tumult, uncertainty and deceit. How could it have possibly happened? Why has it taken so long to get an opportunity to fix it?
The group eventually gained consensus on what the FIRST pivotal moment in this ongoing disgrace was. No, it wasn't Martin's 2010 election. The group decided that it's not at all unusual for voters to be inattentive when things are going well. And they were most certainly going very well in 2010. So, why not give the little fella a chance to show what he can do? Martin eked out the narrowest of victories in that apathetic environment. It happens.
But the first two year's of Martin's Reign of Error were almost as dreadful as the second two years. Martin was caught red-handed in acts of misconduct and bold-faced lies time and time again. Despite the despicable myth that has been created since, the previous City Council desperately tried to work with Martin to get the miasmic City Government back on track. It was Martin who steadfastly refused to work with them. Now we know why.
After trying to sort out Martin's incessant lies, the previous City Council finally hired Special Counsel Phil Taliaferro to try to sort out Martin's mess. It is important to note that the previous City Council had an absolute, statutorily-granted right to hire Taliaferro. In fact, they would have been derelict in their sworn duty had they not done so.
Completely because of Martin's mule-headed stonewalling, a removal hearing was finally held in late October, 2012. Martin's long laundry list of incompetence and corruption were laid out in great detail. Taliaferro's case against Martin was air-tight and compelling. It became quite clear that Martin is nothing less than a wanton lawbreaker.
But what happened? You remember, don't you? Special Counsel Phil Taliaferro warned the previous council that if they failed to remove Martin, his "lawlessness would be unleashed" in his closing statement. How prophetic Taliaferro's statement has proven to be.
Even still, Councilmembers Mike Pope and Jim Noll voted against Martin's justified removal. Now we know what a disgrace their "no" votes were. Pope and Noll were both burdened with tons of baggage that prevented them from doing what was right for the residents.
Mike Pope-who was roiling with resentment over his obvious shortcomings-simply ran for the obscurity of the tall grass at the end of 2012. Noll-who had Martin's wife Janet actively involved in his failed 2012 State Senate campaign-went on to be arrested running a police barricade while intoxicated and transporting a "box of marijuana". Noll has also been allegedly identified as a "close confidante" of a current Villa Hills council candidate who has a bushel-basket full of issues of her own ( a complete report is currently being developed on that sordid issue).
The last two years of costly lawsuits and the dismantling of the local police department provide all the evidence required to demonstrate Martin's "unleashed lawlessness". Hell, Martin went on to hire his personal attorney in the removal hearings-Toad V. McMurtry-to serve as the taxpayer funded City Attorney. Martin signed a purchase order that put more than twenty-three thousand taxpayer dollars in his pocket. And those two incredibly corrupt acts are just a sliver of the laundry list of Martin's lawlessness.
Despite what the "vile and disgusting", opinionated haters and-as what Rush Limbaugh would describe as-young skulls full of mush currently post on social networks, Martin should have been removed from office on October 24, 2012. Why? Because he was correctly convicted on 7 of 9 counts of Official Misconduct and Neglect of Duty. It is important to understand that the previous City Council is in no way responsible for all of the crimes Martin committed-and continues to commit.
So, what's the SECOND pivotal moment in Villa Hills? That's easy.
It's November 4, 2014.
The Martin Chronicles entire staff knew "the score" long before we launched our pesky little blog way back on October 8, 2011. Why? Because we had done extensive investigation in to the twisted mind of Villa Hills malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin in advance. We came to the conclusion that Martin is a deeply twisted paranoiac very early on.
Some of you may be asking what a paranoiac is. So, we will tell you. Psychiatrists would say that a paranoiac has a mental disorder characterized by systematized delusions of grandeur ascribing hostile intentions to others, often linked with a sense of mission.
Well, Boy Howdy, doesn't that sound like someone we know all too well:
- How about a lowbrow unlicensed handyman lawbreaker who was caught red-handed FORGING his deceased mother's name on his deceased mother's checks, cashing them and pocketing the proceeds ascribing his misfortune for his judicially-verified crime of FORGERY to "dark forces who were out to get him?"
- How about a pissant potentate who routinely ends any serious discussion about the wisdom of his incredulous intentions by saying, "I'm the CEO. It's my decision. You need to deal with it. We're moving on?"
- How about a lunatic who is CONVICTED ON SEVEN OF NINE COUNTS OF OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT AND NEGLECT OF DUTY who assigns all of the blame for his his crimes to a City Council who "won't work with him"?
- How about a deceitful dictator who has now proven he really can't work with anyone. After promising to work with everyone on council during his dirtbag 2010 mayoral campaign, he immediately went to war with that council in January 2011. Then he flim-flammed the voters in 2012. claiming that all he needed was "a new council" and he could really show what he is capable of. He received six new councilmembers, but has never really tried to work with them. In a telling way, that clearly did show what Martin is capable of. It has been so very bad that the three best members of his once-"golden moment" council decided to simply walk away at the end of this year.
Like most sociopaths, the maniacal Martin is a tremendous con man. He seems able to convince people that he only cares about them. This while he spends their money at an alarming rate on lawyers and lawsuits and issues twenty-thousand dollar taxpayer-funded checks to himself.
- To those who despised the UNFAIR $40 PER CAR STICKER TAX, he soothingly vowed to repeal it. Not only is the UNFAIR $40 PER CAR STICKER TAX still being collected, Martin also raised the SNEAKY INSURANCE PREMIUM TAX BY FIFTY PER CENT.
- To those concerned about crime, Martin cunningly claimed that safety was his first priority. The diminutive deceiver then began to dismantle the local police department immediately after his election.
- To those who worried about their neighbor's cats, tall grass, high bushes, yada, yada yada, Martin cleverly pledged to put those issues at the top of his list. Instead, he focused his time spending taxpayer money to hire all of his friends and cronies.
Don't worry. Martin will have a lie to tell for everything. He'll vow that his next few years will be better. He'll keep his fingers double-crossed, assuming you will fall for it once again.
Why so serious?
The Martin Chronicles has been receiving calls and emails for some time now from several sources telling us that we should investigate the allegedly close connection between a current, "holier-than-thou" Villa Hills City Council candidate-who serves on malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin's Safety and Finance Committees and a former Villa Hills councilperson-who was also a failed State Senate candidate in 2012 and was later arrested for running a police barricade while transporting marijuana. We aren't providing much additional detail at this point because the rumors about this alleged close connection are-to say the least-salacious.
We have to admit that there has been a great deal of thoughtful discussion in the offices of The Martin Chronicles about whether or not to pursue the persistent rumors of this allegedly sordid connection. Most of our reluctance to do so stems from the fact that we would prefer the quickly coming election to be about the many issues facing the troubled town of Villa Hills.
But, we have come to the conclusion that we are going to-at least sometimes-operate in the wicked world that the miscreant Martin himself has created. Martin is the one who grabbed power by telling lie after lie after lie after lie after lie. Martin and his cronies have tried to deflect attention away from their own incompetence and corruption by falsely destroying the reputations of other fine people who certainly deserve far better. So, here we are.
Martin and his dirtbag cronies have spent huge sums of taxpayer money falsely portraying anyone who dares oppose them as people off ill-will and bad behavior. This distasteful taxpayer-funded tactic has been an absolute disgrace. But-so far any way-it has also been effective. Buttressed by idiots who have taken to podiums to proclaim that "this mayor (Martin) does great things for people", Martin and his dirtbag cronies have stepped up their campaign of defamation and deceit.
If someone is going to falsely portray themselves as some kind of courageous, concerned citizen who supposedly worries about the safety of residents simply because a local police officer actually wants to eat a meal at a restaurant, we have to see what really motivates the actions of that "concerned citizen". So we will.
It was the business genius H. Ross Perot who once famously said, "If someone's spouse can't trust them, how can I?" Furthermore, how can the taxpayers trust that person to be a true guardian of their interests?
To that end, we are sending our best investigative reporters to the Kenton County Courthouse later today. They will be armed with case numbers and Open Records Request forms. These reporters will be ready to bring back any information.
And we will report it all to you.
The Martin Chronicles understands the significance today. Do you? We hope so. Why? Because two months from this date Villa Hills malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin and his entire cast of dishonest cronies face their fate before the voters.
November 4 is a very big day. Voters will have the opportunity to send Martin, Mary Koenig, Brian Wischer, Holly B. Menninger-Isenhour, Summer Berger, Dave Hilgeford, the mysterious Jennifer Vaden, General Zod and his civic club ass clowns and others to the place they rightfully belong. And that is "the outside desperately looking in".
You see, Martin and his entire cast of dishonest cronies are nothing more than a dishonest band of liars who only want power because they believe it justifies there sorry existence. Yes, it's very sad. But, it's also very true.
It's all up to the voters in just 60 days.
The Martin Chronicles reporters have been talking to several people who have had to suffer through Villa Hills malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin's acerbic attacks against one of his three mayoral opponents, Irvin Callery. Some of these folks told our reporters that Martin made their "skin crawl" as the little liar spitefully lambasted Callery while simultaneously holding the hand of his poor granddaughter.
There is little doubt that Martin has been honing his asinine attacks against Callery with the asshats at the Villa Hills Civic Club. While those dunces most likely lapped-up the miniature Mussolini's lies, reasonable, intelligent people seem to be appalled.
Let's examine just a few of Martin's mean-spirited attacks against Irvin Callery and post our own observations:
Martin: "Callery is just a Covington carpet-bagger who has only lived in Villa Hills for about three years."
The Martin Chronicles: That is only partly true. But keep in mind that Covington is much closer to Villa Hills than Martin's own hometown of Norwood. We also think the term carpet-bagger is very unfair. Hey, at least Callery isn't some flim-flam man operating an unlicensed handyman business preying on unsuspecting residents in Northern Kentucky.
Martin: "Callery was asleep at the switch as former Finance Director Bob Due embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars out of Covington's treasury."
The Martin Chronicles: Again, that is partly true. But the misdirecting Martin was absolutely wide awake when he hired his close friend Cordelia Schaber-and continues to pay her the disgraceful taxpayer-funded sum of $47.50 per hour-to totally foul-up Villa Hills' financial records.
Martin: "Now I can't be sure, but how do you know Callery didn't somehow benefit from Bob Due's embezzlement?"
The Martin Chronicles: Well, here's how we know didn't benefit from Bob Due's embezzlement. If Democrat Covington Mayor Irvin Callery was in any way involved in that embezzlement, the Republican-controlled County Prosecutors would have made damn sure that he ended up in prison.
Here are just a very few things we do know about Villa Hills' malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin:
- Four respected judges officially opined in writing that Martin's 2007 forgery arrest was completely justified because his actions "fit the very definition of forgery".
- Martin received a confidential reprimand from the Villa Hills Ethics Board for his misuse of City personnel and resources.
- Martin was severely chastised by a respected judge for his ILLEGAL destruction of City records.
- Martin allowed his wife Janet to work on the failed State Senate campaign of then-Councilmember Jim Noll, even while Noll was tasked with deciding whether or not Martin should be removed from office in October, 2012.
- Martin was convicted on seven of nine counts of OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT AND NEGLECT OF DUTY.
- Martin signed an Executive Order that gave him the POWER TO ARREST ANYONE WHO DISAGREED WITH HIM AT PUBLIC MEETINGS.
- Martin broke a tie vote which led to the hiring of his personal attorney Toad V. McMurtry to serve as the taxpayer-funded Villa Hills City Attorney. More than a half-million dollars wasted on lawyers and legal actions? Really?
- Martin signed a City Purchase Order that put more than $23,000 in his own pocket.
- Martin's long-kept-secret-by-incessant-lying, radical plan to disband the Villa Hills Police Department was accidentally revealed by the tiny tyrant's slip of the tongue in 2013.
- Martin not only broke his solemn vow to repeal the UNFAIR $40 PER CAR STICKER TAX, he also convinced his formerly "golden moment" city council to RAISE YOUR SNEAKY INSURANCE PREMIUM TAX BY FIFTY PER CENT FOR ROAD WORK THAT HAS NEVER, EVER BEEN DONE.
- Martin has squandered more than FIFTEEN THOUSAND TAXPAYER DOLLARS ON A PARK ALMOST NO ONE USES as a "political favor" to current Councilmembers Mary Koenig, Brian Wischer and Holly B. Menninger-Isenhour.
- Martin LIED TO EVERYONE when he FALSELY told the media that former Police Chief Dan Goodenough was "taking a few days off" after Martin and City Attorney Toad V. McMurtry had already delivered an ultimatum to Goodenough to either resign or be publically humiliated and then fired.
- Martin allowed MORE THAN SIX THOUSAND TAXPAYER DOLLARS to be paid to the Lexington-based law firm that is responsible for handling his personal liability in several lawsuits the miniature mullah generated by his reckless behavior.
Sure, Irvin Callery may not be the best choice for Villa Hills' next mayor. But he's a damn sight better than the incompetent and corrupt Martin. At least Callery isn't a wanton lawbreaker.
We'll know what happens in just 61 days.
The Martin Chronicles reporters hear the chatter all over malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin's troubled Villa Hills. Many people are wondering aloud why current Councilmember and long-time, close "friend" of unlicensed handymen, Holly B. Menninger-Isenhour, has decided to run for mayor. We have to admit that we get a good laugh when someone wants asks what her "thought process" is. Seriously?
Well, anyway, there are a number of theories that abound. This post will explore some of those theories. The Martin Chronicles will report. You will decide.
First, there is the obvious possibility. Perhaps Menninger-Isenhour has finally awakened to the fact-as so many others are doing-that Martin is nothing more than a deeply corrupt and hopelessly incompetent nincompoop. Menninger-Isenhour has seen the sputtering and deceitful Martin in action up close now for nearly two dreadful years. Maybe she simply feels a civic-minded obligation to rid the city of the pernicious plague known as "Martin".
Second, there are the conspiracy theories. Here is one. Some are absolutely convinced that the misdirecting Martin somehow convinced Menninger-Isenhour to-as-the-dinosaur-media-so-tediously-wrote-"throw her hat in the ring". These conspiracy theorists believe that the malevolent Martin is banking on Menninger-Isenhour sucking off votes from his other two opponents.
While we promised to let you decide, we do offer this view. In our humble opinion, Menninger-Isenhour is far more likely to suck off the voters who would otherwise likely support the miscreant Martin. Think about it. Both share a common base of support with their long-time friends, the civic club asshats.
Third, there is the conspiracy theory making its way around town that the vile, ancient crocodile Councilmember Mary Koenig convinced Menninger-Isenhour to make a run for the mayor's office. Why? Because the always-conniving Koenig is offering up mostly-distaff council candidates (with the notorious exception of Dave Hilgeford) for 2014 voters. Summer Berger. The mysterious Jennifer Vaden. So-as this conspiracy theory goes-why not a distaff mayor?
Koenig does have a long, well-documented history of offering up other mayors as "human shields". Most reasonable people realize that Koenig ruthlessly used a previous mayor to achieve her "sausage-stabbing" goal of getting Dennis Stein, Bob and Sue Kramer and Michael "Corky" Brown. When her plans went south then, Koenig ran for the tall grass and left her "human shield mayor" to be hung by the neck until dead.
Most reasonable people also realize that the vile and disgusting Koenig convinced that poor sap Chuck Fieger to run for mayor in 2002. Despite Koenig's patented "whispering campaign" to the city's long-time haters, Fieger was unable to get out of his own clumsy way and went down to an embarrassingly ignominious defeat.
Koenig's foul fingerprints are also all over the crazy Mike Pope's 2006 write-in run for the mayor's office. Koenig so upset the unstable Pope that she almost sent him to an untimely demise on the final weekend before the 2006 election by filling his twisted mind with all manner of lies. If you would like, we'd be happy to share our recording of Mike Pope's nearly-suicidal actions that the evil Mary Koenig provoked.
Even our long-time readers might be surprised to learn that the crusty Koenig was a behind-the-scenes, top aide-de-camp for the malicious Martin's dishonest 2010 mayoral campaign. Sources have confirmed that Koenig spent many a campaign day working her vile and disgusting haters for votes. She actually assisted Martin construct his calumnious 2010 mayoral campaign, built on lie after lie after lie after lie after lie.
Our long-time readers may also be surprised that Koenig was a prime mover in the hiring of Martin's personal-and now City-Attorney Toad V. McMurtry and "photo bug" City Clerk/City Administrator Craigory T. Bohman. Sources inside Martin's recent four-year Reign of Error have provided indisputable truth.
People also wonder aloud if Menninger-Isenhour has the "gravitas" to turn the City around after four years of the mendacious Martin's tumult, uncertainty and deceit. Given her well-known reputation at the civic club and elsewhere, people are still amazed that Menninger-Isenhour doesn't understand the difference between "vertical" and "horizontal" on a budget spreadsheet. Many folks have said that difference should be right up Menninger-Isenhour's alley, so to speak.
All voters really need to know about Menninger-Isenhour is that she was happily singing the song made famous by the 70's band Steam, "Na, Na, Na, Na, Hey, Hey, Hey Goodbye", as she left the City Building to head over to the civic club immediately after former Police Chief Dan Goodenough was hideously screwed out of his job by the malicious Martin and his taxpayer-funded goon squad. We guess that made General Zod happy. But, seriously?
Will voters really elect Menninger-Isenhour to mayor of a once-proud city just because the even-more, vile and disgusting Mary Koenig tells them to in just 62 days?
We report. You decide.
