Walhalla Wins Again!

[XLFD]

Reader's Digest has had three contests labelled "We hear you America!" wherein they have presented a voting process wherein you can vote for your community, or whatever other community you like.  Ludington finished within the top 50 for the first such contest, and was primed for the second after a couple of mentions in the Ludington Daily News.  But then the Ludington Torch, a fairly insignificant force, decide to throw its support behind our fellow community in Mason County, Walhalla, as was described in this article:  Win Money for Walhalla

 

Since I was running in earnest for Ludington City Council by the time that contest was finishing, I suppressed the news that Walhalla had finished first in that contest-- for Mason County.  Here's a couple of snippets from that contest towards the end.

 

This was a couple days before the contest ended, and Walhalla wound up with 11,111 votes and 89th place, Ludington finished in 98th place.  The friendly intercounty rivalry was not without some strife, and there was a little gloating at the end.

 

But Reader's Digest once again broke out the contest in the latter part of last year, and introduced the concept of unlimited voting.  Again both Ludington and Walhalla folks participated in the rivalry although the banter was much less incendiary on the other side, and the taunts were muted from both Mason County gems.

 

Today the vote results were tabulated and once again, the good hard-working folks of Walhalla, with the full support of The Ludington Torch, finished on top in a close match, these results being taken last night before the polls closed:

As you can see, Ludington was at a somewhat disappointing 323rd place, finishing well behind many Michigan Cities, including the somewhat disappointing finish of Walhalla at 315th place:

 

Our new member, R Larry Fitzgibbons, has a right to be very proud of the showing of their home town, another miracle victory by the underdog.  But a look through the big winners of this latest contest has 11 of the first 15 finishers being towns with less than 5000 people.  That's truly a great result, and I hope these towns make better use of such money than our civic leaders would.

[XLFD]

Who's asking you to 'hate' or be a 'blind follower', or even follow 'my way'?  This is a forum of ideas and for seeking truths, and you are encouraged to do your own thinking.  The most prolific posters here frequently disagree on a variety of topics, but I see us doing it civilly, and with respect for the other person's "body of work" that they have here at the Torch. 

If you come on here under false pretenses with hidden motives, chances are you will show a lot of inconsistency and make claims with little reference to facts, and/or claim opinions and prejudices as facts.  But one can only play so long at charades until it gets old.

[AQUAMAN]

It's not only getting "OLD" already, it's sheer nonsense, portrayed by a sociopath imho. Look at other Like posts Stale Dale is making, it's definitely attack after attack, for no valid nor logical reason, except to create the sameo chaos and conflict, obviously inherent in his heart of hearts. The TROLL Syndrome is haunting this friendly site again, now in threesomes too. Disgustingly Sad!