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Lest Ye be Judged: Appeal Claims Fee and Judicial Improprieties
The biggest villains in this reporter's opinion are the ones who choose to be public servants and use that opportunity to protect themselves and their peers from accountability, transparency, and responsibility.Using procedures under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in early 2024, we requested from the Ludington Police Department (LPD) three different segments of body worn camera (BWC) footage of arrests made by LPD officers that, diplomatically put, did not go according to accepted…See More
"This whole proposal feels like a workaround that raises more questions than it answers. If the issue is that the columns are allegedly out of compliance with the approved site plans, then the solution should directly address that compliance problem,…"
Lead Story, Today and Yesterday
Just got confirmation from city officials that a hidden problem I brought up ten years ago is not in my backyard; it's in my front yard. Nowadays, when I get a letter from the City of Ludington, I expect something coming from the Mason County prosecutor soon to follow. This reporter has been prosecuted three times over the last 16 months arising from charges crafted by the city's police department, each one a variation of a common theme of trespassing on public land, public land that was…See More
The Bleau's Brothers Hit the Road to Hamlin's Interesting Conflicts
"We're putting the band back together."While this may have been the goal back in the classic 1980 movie "The Blues Brothers", it was not necessarily the objective when this reporter got a call from former Pere Marquette Charter Township (PMCT) Trustee Ron Soberalski asking me some questions about what's happening up in Hamlin Township. He was hearing indications that the Hamlin Township's Board was undergoing some internal conflicts, read some of the Ludington Torch's articles on the topic and…See More
A Quorum Walks Out of an Attorney's Office: Board Members Facing Recall Now Face Open Meetings Act Lawsuit
While we normally are concerned with keeping Mason County's public bodies accountable, transparent, and operating lawfully, we sometimes visit other Michigan communities that have problems which arise from public servants behaving badly. And when servants are not acting good and faithful they deserve the crisp taste of the whip, at least that's what my dominatrix always tells me.Let's transport ourselves south to the Charter Township of Comstock in Kalamazoo County, where there is an active…See More
"I think everyone does, even the city councilors when they imbibe some of that liquid courage themselves, but the unfortunate truth is that they are not afraid of being hypocritical and they have a lot of undue influence from a certain local…"
"To answer your question, Stibitz is an improvement over Barnett, and the Fourth Ward can probably get a better match for the folks. I haven't been impressed at all by her abandonment of all those private marinas in her ward in favor of…"
"Thanks Marco for seeing thru the BS of Ms. Tykoski and for boldly speaking up!
Thanks X for your courage as always.
Is Ludington in for bigger problems if Stibbitz runs for mayor?"
"In the past, Heather Tykoski has used public comment in order to assault the truth that has come out about her public actions that led to her own enrichment. Monday night's exhibition was probably her best showing yet, she came off less…"
"Several years ago, the citizens of Ludington voted overwhelmingly for the legalization of recreational marijuana. Fast forward a few years when there was a proposal to allow cannabis dispensaries within the city limits. The consensus of the City…"
"I overheard Ms. Tykoski say "anybody wanna go for a drink" after I refuted her lies. "
Ludington City Council, January 12, 2026: Horrible Heather and Marvelous Marco
The first meeting of Ludington City Council (agenda packet) in the year of our country's 250th birthday went down at 6 PM on January 12th. Most of what happened this Monday evening will be lost in the course of our city's history, but this meeting should be remembered primarily for an…See More
LPD Privilege: Another Friendly DUI Released by LPD, Records not Released
This reporter has been arguing with those who coordinate the release of public records from the City of Ludington for 19 years running, so it's not surprising that we find ourselves at loggerheads again with them over proper responses that comply with the Michigan Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) law. This time it's in regard to a credible report that one of Ludington's finest, LPD Officer Trey Forfinski was their representative at an accident happening early in the morning of December 24,…See More
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Lest Ye be Judged: Appeal Claims Fee and Judicial Improprieties
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Hamlin Township, November 2025: The Forensic Audit Arrives
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After the November 13, 2025, meeting of the Hamlin Township Board, the Ludington Torch can now truly say that we have attended several meetings of that public body over the last year. The meeting I…Continue
Proposed Protected Bike Lanes on Rath Avenue, Fantasy vs. Reality
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In the video of the Sept. 22, 2025 meeting of the Ludington City Council, City Manager 'Prevaricatin' Kaitlyn…Continue
Lead Story, Today and Yesterday
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Just got confirmation from city officials that a hidden problem I brought up ten years ago is not in my backyard; it's in my front yard. Nowadays, when I get a letter from the City of Ludington, I…Continue
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The elves of the Ludington Torch were hopeful that we could move from our current Ning 2.0 network to the Ning 3.0 network shortly after our five year anniversary, but we have got news from them back that they are not currently doing any new migrations to the higher platform at this time. We surmise that there has been problems with the migrations of other Ning sites, because some things do not transfer very well or at all, including videos and group modules.
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Over the last couple of months our members have swelled due to an advertising push by those who join, post an ad, provide a link, and possibly send messages to other members advocating some product or action. While these are basically harmless if you ignore them, the Torch tech wizards cannot fully protect against the intruders. I have eradicated about two dozen of these infidels, and will make it a practice to do so in the future.
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Downloading Videos
Want to download videos for a thread or just to add to our Videos library, but are having a hard time figuring it out? It's not hard once you know how to do it. First you will need the Video's "Embed" code; on a typical video site like Youtube they will have a "share" button you need to click, you will then see an "Embed" button you need to click. You will see the code all in blue, you need to "copy" (as in copy and paste) this code by going to your copy command.
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