Meeting Reminder

The Martin Chronicles wants to remind you about the meeting being held by the "Sensible Citizens" group Friday, April 4 beginning at 7pm. The gathering will be held in The Madonna Manor Community Center.

If you are a resident who understands that the tumult and turmoil of the past 39-plus months of Villa Hills malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin's Reign of Error hasn't-and will never be-good for your City, you should strongly consider attending. Clearly, a change in City leadership is necessary.

If the first meeting of the "Sensible Citizens" group is any indication-and we believe it is-this Friday's meeting won't be a "bash Martin" session. We predict that this meeting will be the first in a series of thoughtful discussions about identifying and supporting solid candidates who will bring a desperately needed change to Villa Hills City Government.

Sure, that needed change must begin in the mayor's office. Martin's terrible tenure has been nothing short of an abject disaster. Only the voters can redirect his sorry political career. But the change must go further.

A new mayor's chances of getting the City back on track will increase dramatically if he or she is surrounded by a council who understands that the first goal is public service. We've seen the terrible result of electing people who are more interested in advancing their personal agendas.

No, the "Sensible Citizens" should not push for a mayor and council who march in lock step or agree on every issue. But they should push for a mayor and council who focus on those good things upon which they can agree and work together to get those things done.

Healthy, intelligent debate on important issues is a good thing. But-as we have seen over these past 39-plus months-backstabbing, obfuscation and bulling are not. A good mayor and a good council will advocate for their positions, state their best case, take a vote, accept the result and then move on to the next issue as adults.

Villa Hills has had more than enough of street-brawling leadership. It's time to begin the process of putting that in the past where it belongs.

Friday night represents the beginning of that process.

 





Grist For The (Rumor) Mill

The Martin Chronicles is talking to its many Kenton County Courthouse sources to confirm the recent rumor that County Judge Executive Steve Arlinghaus and County Homeland Security and Emergency Management Director Steve Hensley are pushing very hard for Villa Hills malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin to appoint current Cold Spring Police Chief Ed Burke to Dan Goodenough's old job. Hey, wait a minute. Didn't the misdirecting Martin tell everyone that Goodenough was "just taking a few days off". Oh, that's right. That was several Martin LIES ago. Sometimes its hard to keep up with the tiny tyrant's LIES.

Another rumor has been making its way around Martin's troubled town. Namely that a Kenton County Sheriff's Deputy has been seen napping in his cruiser by residents of Kenridge Drive. Townsfolk shouldn't really be too upset if that rumor is true. Provided of course that they aren't being billed any overtime for the cat-napping crime fighter.

We are looking in to persistent rumors that another package of documents from a different anonymous concerned citizen has been sent to the State Auditor's Office. The contents of this package? Documents that are supposed to clearly prove that legal bills from Martin's personal-and now City-Attorney Toad V. McMurtry (of the real estate law firm of Gerner and Kearns) for services provided during Martin's October, 2012 removal hearing total to less than the $23,262.74 "reimbursement" check Martin authorized as payable to himself.

The Martin Chronicles is also pouring over the City's "redacted" financial reports, trying to confirm the latest buzz that Martin's personal-and now City-Attorney Toad V. McMurtry (of the real estate law firm Gerner and Kearns) is "billing the taxpayers thousands of dollars for code enforcement work". Layer on to that staggering figure the $215,000 a current Councilmember says the taxpayers are forking over to the Northern Kentucky Area Planning Commission (NKAPC) for code enforcement services and it amounts to a costly mess.

And it can't be about Martin's claim that he made the move to provide "better service" either. Why? Because Martin, Mary Koenig and others continue to push to waste even more taxpayer money to hire a "nuisance officer" to fill the gaps left by the NKAPC service. Bad, bad, bad, bad, bad.

We are also looking in to the gossip making the rounds that a current Councilman had a relative write the early 2013, Martin-signed Municipal Order designed to sick the FBI on former Assistant Chief Joe Schutzman. If there is any substance to this rumor, it sure has the makings of a conscious conspiracy to destroy the local police department by means of harassment and intimidation.

We are also investigating allegations that Martin is directing the social networking efforts to FALSELY brand groups like the "Sensible Citizens" as "movements of hatred". Why would Martin do that? All you have to do is look at the miniature mullah's 2010 and 2012 election playbooks.

In both instances, the misdirecting Martin craftily created a FALSE image of himself as a "good government zealot" beleaguered by "dark forces" to divert attention away from the facts that he did sign his deceased mother's name on his deceased mother's checks, cashed them and pocketed the proceeds, was suing the taxpayers of Villa Hills for $1.505 MILLION, was always planning to disband the local police department, did receive a CONFIDENTIAL REPRIMAND FROM THE VILLA HILLS ETHICS BOARD FOR HIS WANTON MISUSE OF CITY PERSONNEL AND RESOURCES, was warned by a respected judge from her bench to stop his ILLEGAL DESTRUCTION OF CITY RECORDS, was CONVICTED ON SEVEN OF NINE COUNTS OF OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT AND NEGLECT OF DUTY. and a whole lot more.

While we have very little "skin in the game", we aren't going to just sit back and let Martin and his willing accomplices FALSELY smear groups like the "Sensible Citizens" without some pushback. Geez, we hate guys like that. Wherever they are.  

Groups like the "Sensible Citizens" have every right to work for a better City Government than they have now. Hell, that won't be hard to do. Why? Because Martin's current City Government is a corrupt and incompetent cesspool.

We'll know how successful these opposition groups have been in about 215 days.

 



We Just Couldn't Do It

The Martin Chronicles regular readers know that our pesky, little blog holds a meeting in the wee hours of almost every morning to discuss the stories we're working on and the potential features, WEEKENDER's and parodies we might want to do. Today was no exception.

Initially, most of the staff was getting behind the idea of doing an April Fool's Day "mea culpa", "admitting"-tongue-ensconced-in-cheek-that all this time we have been wrong about Villa Hills malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin. But-in the final analysis-we just couldn't do it.

We just couldn't bring ourselves to write that "Martin isn't a bad guy". Because he's far worse than a "bad guy". Martin is a terrible guy who has duped the voters in the last two elections and unleashed his lawlessness on several, long-serving, truly-dedicated public servants.

What was Martin's malevolent motivation? The tiny tyrant desperately wanted to erase the fact that he was justifiably arrested for signing his deceased mother's name on his deceased mother's checks, cashed them and pocketed the proceeds. How do we know this? Well, four respected judges have definitively opined that what Martin did FIT THE VERY DEFINITION OF FORGERY.

We just couldn't bring ourselves to write that "Martin isn't really a LIAR". Why? Well, isn't that as obvious as the moustache on Martin's face? The diminutive dictator is a LIAR. We've written literally hundreds of posts proving that fact. Just keep in mind the most recent example. After Martin and his personal-and now City-Attorney Toad V. McMurtry had already presented two terrible choices to former Police Chief Dan Goodenough to force the Chief out, Martin glibly LIED to the media-and Villa Hills-that Goodenough was "just taking a few days off".

We just couldn't bring ourselves to write that we finally agree with the stupid woman who took to a podium proclaiming that "this mayor does great things for people". Why? Because the miniature mullah has done TERRIBLE things to people. Ask all of the fine public servants Martin LIED about what they think. Ask all of the people Martin LIED to about repealing the UNFAIR $40 PER CAR STICKER TAX what they think. Ask all of the current public servants who Martin has used the weight of his position to BULLY, THREATEN AND INTIMIDATE what they think. The list goes on.

We just couldn't bring ourselves to write that we finally need to let go of a past where Villa Hills was ranked "the best City in Northern Kentucky". There is the whole "moving the City forward" garbage that has recently surfaced on social media. What the hell? Are these nitwits saying that Martin has somehow "moved the City forward"? That is an April Fool's Day joke for the ages. Martin has ruined a once-justifiably proud City. Martin has dragged Villa Hills BACK TO THE SHODDY-AT-BEST DARK AGES with his non-stop LIES and DECEIT. Why? Only because he was correctly called on the carpet for signing his deceased mother's name on his deceased mother's checks, cashing them and pocketing the proceeds. GIVE EVERYONE A STINKING BREAK.

We also want to let our readers know that The Martin Chronicles will be passing the 210,000 VISITOR THRESHOLD some time tonight. That's no laughing matter either. We continue to be amazed by the reception we have received. We will do our very best to continue to cover all of the mayhem, mismanagement, misdirection, malevolence and malfeasance from now all the way through Martin's last, dreadful day in office.

If Villa Hills wants to "move their City forward", they need to throw Martin out on his LAWBREAKING ASS in 216 days, QED. 



News and Notes

The Martin Chronicles is going to hit some of the highlights-and one extremely low-lowlight of the past few days in malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin's Villa Hills. One item is an important announcement. One item should make you chuckle a little. One item should make you angry.

First, the Sensible Citizens Group has announced the second public meeting of their fledgling organization. It will be held this Friday, April 4, at the Madonna Manor Community Center beginning at 7pm.

The first stated goal for this Friday's meeting? Here you go:

"Our first goal is to begin work on finding and then encouraging some civic minded individuals to get involved and run for election this fall. We must have some solid choices to choose from. We cannot waste time worrying about what has happened in the past in our city. We all already know why, and need to prevent it in the future."

Our beloved publisher reminded us all earlier today that the month of April is perfect for the start of the concerned citizens groups' primary goal for this meeting. Why? Because America's Revolutionary War against the tyranny of King George III began in April, 1775. What better time to begin the effort to end the tyranny of King Mike I than April, 2014? Fortunately, the tyranny can end with ballots-not bullets-this time around.

We hope many new residents can attend this meeting.

Second, The Martin Chronicles has been reading the scathing comments about the malevolent Martin's vindictive railroading of former Police Chief Dan Goodenough on the social networks. To say that Martin is taking a tremendous beating is a massive understatement. That's okay. The misdirecting Martin has earned the pounding. And probably a whole lot more.

We do have a favorite kick to Martin's crotch that we just have to share:

(Name withheld as not to be responsible for any redneck reprisals from Martin's hillbilly lynchmob): "Let me guess. I'm sure the first candidate will be a crony of Mayor Martin. By the way Cincinnati.com, thanks for the dartboard picture." A true CLASSIC!

Third, the disturbing stuff. Sources tell us that the mallet-headed Martin has been spending a lot of time-and his own money-shoring up his dwindling base at that cesspool called a civic club.

How? We are hearing that the tiny tyrant is buying drink after drink for his dwindling loyalists at the bar. We are being told that these civic club ass clowns are exchanging "high fives" for the Martin-funded "high balls" in celebration of Martin's disgraceful treatment of former Police Chief Dan Goodenough. As Jed Clampett might say, the behavior of these dim-witted ass hats is "lower than a snake's belly in a wagon wheel rut. Pitiful, pitiful, pitiful."

Oh, lest we forget. Just in case you need a copy of your very own "dartboard picture".

 



Segmentation

The Martin Chronicles was sitting around our offices Sunday kicking around how most of the folks in malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin's embattled burg of Villa Hills are feeling right about now. Our guess? It's a mixed bag.

First of all, there are still some Kool-Aid drinking, die-way-too-hard Martinites left in the troubled town. Sure, they would qualify for protection under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. But they are most certainly still around. As proof, we offer in to evidence the demented, social network ramblings of a self-employed life coach who recently heralded the malevolent Martin's very-costly-to-the-taxpayers railroading of former, long-serving Police Chief Dan Goodenough.

Secondly, there will-and shall be forevermore-those residents who wallow in their blissful ignorance. Fortunately, most of these yahoos rarely vote. They don't even know that Villa Hills has a mayor or City Council. Or, that Villa Hills used to have a Police Chief. They haven't seen the embarrassing media stories about the once-proud City in which they reside. Our hope? That most of these yahoos continue to stay home on November 4th's Election Day.

Thirdly, there are the former Martinites. These reformed Kool-Aid drinkers are a wonder to behold. They have evolved from people who raved about the nice little (albeit, DISHONEST) fellow who just needed a chance to show what he could really do to rabid revolutionaries waving signs demanding the retention of the now-former Police Chief at recent disciplinary hearings. Sure, we find them amusing as hell. But we also welcome their energy to the party that is about to begin.

Fourthly, there are the single-issue citizens who decided to cast their lot with Martin because he promised to get rid of their neighbor's excessive cat population (clearly proving they don't understand the true impact of local elections) and those who bought Martin's BOLD FACED LIE when he FALSELY promised to repeal the UNFAIR $40 PER CAR STICKER TAX. We don't give a tinker's dam about the nitwits in the former category. But, we hope the folks in the latter category now finally realize-as they continue to pay the UNFAIR $40 PER CAR STICKER TAX-that Martin is a FILTHTY LIAR.

Fifthly, there are those who are simply concerned about appearances. These people decided to hope against hope and swallow Martin's and his hillbilly lynchmob's 2012 exhortation that all the tiny tyrant needed was a whole new council to show what he could really do. Well, these people were right in a terrible way. How so? Martin used the results of the landslide 2012 election these people handed him to hire his own personal attorney to serve as the City Attorney, unleash a tidal wave of intimidation and threats and complete his vendetta against the Villa Hills Police Department. Bad, bad, bad, bad, bad.

Sixthly, there are a large number of residents who have known from the beginning that Martin is nothing more than very bad news. They have know that Martin is a DISHONEST, unlicensed handyman who did commit FORGERY in 2007 because he did sign his deceased mother's name on his deceased mother's checks, cashed them and pocketed the proceeds. These are the people who know Martin is nothing more than a LIAR. They can rally enough of the previous groups to send Martin to the ash heap of history.

These are the people who can make the real difference on November 4.

 



Watch Your Backside!

The Martin Chronicles staff just finished digesting the recent pap published on Cincinnati.com written by the supplicant, sappy Stephanie Salmons, entitled "Villa Hills begins search for new police chief". Remember that this stupid article was published immediately following Villa Hills malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin's disgraceful railroading of long-serving Police Chief Dan Goodenough.

Let's examine the very weird, oddly-revealing, almost perverted quotes offered-up by the malevolent Martin. What did the misspent Martin say? "I'm looking for a marriage."... "Someone who understands we are a bedroom community."

Really? Is that right? You don't say? Is that a fact? Boy howdy.

You see, the abnormal Martin has inadvertently revealed that he wants his new Chief to understand that he or she  is going to be someone who is going to be screwed at the earliest, convenient opportunity. Typical miscreant Martin, to be sure.

So, if you are a supplicant applicant who wants to be blamed for each and every screw-up by the misdirecting Martin, jump on board! Uncle Martin desperately needs you! Otherwise, steer the hell clear.

How best to say it? Martin sucks. And he needs to go on November 4.

219 days and counting.



WEEKENDER: Tick, Tick, Tick, Tick, Tick II

The Martin Chronicles is beginning to sense it. The time is growing ever nearer. If the upcoming election in malfeasant Mayor Mike Martin's Villa Hills was the seventh game of the NBA Championship, the houselights would now be dimming and the haunting strains of  the Alan Parson's Project song "Sirius" would be reverberating through the arena as the announcer prepares to call the names of the competitors.

Do you see where we're heading? Sure you do. The election that will decide the future course of the troubled town along the banks of the Ohio is just about to begin. This election campaign should prove to be one of the most exciting in awhile. We can't wait to cover it.

Sure, we hear the public fretting of those folks who worry that the misdirecting Martin will now begin to act on his behavior and prepare to fool us yet again on November 4. But the mendacious Martin is now a "very well-scouted opponent". The Martin Chronicles now knows Martin's deceptive moves. So does the voting public. Best yet, so will Martin's opponent.

It isn't now what it once was. Martin ran as a phony good government outsider-zealot in 2010, making FALSE proclamations about the unnecessary need for transparency, cooperation, honesty and integrity in the mayor's office. You see, all of those things were already there.

But Martin's election did bring change. All of you have seen it first hand. You have seen Martin's cover-ups of everything from ILLEGAL DESTRUCTION OF CITY RECORDS to HIS PROFLIGATE WASTE OF TAXPAYER MONEY ON LAWYERS AND LEGAL FEES PURSUING HIS PERSONAL VENDETTA AGAINST THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT.

You heard for yourself Martin's dictatorial edicts that he was "the CEO", that all of the decisions were his and his alone and that if you didn't like it, you'd simply have to "get over it" because he was "moving on".

You heard for yourself the media reports about Martin's intimidation, harassment of and threats to City employees. You've heard for yourself the media reports of Martin's signing of Executive Orders granting himself the unprecedented power to have dissidents ARRESTED.

You have seen his ABJECT INABILITY TO WORK WITH HIS FIRST CITY COUNCIL. Then, after Martin and his hillbilly lynchmob DUPED desperate voters in to surrounding the tiny tyrant with an entirely new council in 2012, you have all witnessed Martin's ABJECT INABILITY TO WORK WITH THE NEW COUNCIL.

You watched as Martin forced through that new council the hiring of his personal attorney to serve as the controversial City Attorney. The results of that move has cost the taxpayers a SHOCKING FORTUNE.  

Most recently? You all watched Martin DISHONESTLY tell the media that now-former Police Chief Dan Goodenough was simply "taking a few days off" immediately followed by an ugly, VERY COSTLY public spectacle of two rounds of dismissal hearings for the police chief. Bad, bad, bad, bad, bad.

But consider this. The mallet-headed Martin is rapidly running out of time:

• There are only 137 days remaining from this Saturday until the candidate filing deadline for Villa Hills November 4 Election Day.
• That is only 3,288 hours from this Saturday.
• That is only 197,280 minutes from this Saturday.
• That is only 11,836,800 seconds from this Saturday.
• That is only 4 more City Council meetings from this Saturday.

Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick.