The last meeting of the year for the Ludington City Council was held the evening before Christmas Eve.  Yet, except for a notice on the front door indicating that city hall would not be opened on the 24th and 25th, one could not discern that Christmas was in the air.  As you will see on the video, the council chambers had no decorations for the yuletide holiday present, and even the invocation was without reference to the reason for the season.  The 70-minute meeting would focus on many of the…See More

Over the course of the Ludington Torch, which celebrates its 15th year of existence this December 21st, we have annually paid seasonal homage to area themes.  In the past, we ruined "Away in a Manger" by giving it a Ludington theme: John Shay as a Manager. we mangled the night before Christmas (…See More

Whenever this reporter travels to neighboring jurisdictions to visit their boards and commissions, I generally restrict myself to listening, figuring that the last thing their citizens and officials would want is some outsider coming around and telling them how their township, city, or school should be operated.  The problem is that it often becomes painfully obvious over the course of reviewing several meetings that some public bodies/officials need a course correction to make them more…See More