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Transparent as Dirt: Local and State Open Government Hypocrites

The Ludington Police Department offered up a survey last year on their Facebook page suggesting in their preface without any sense of irony:  "Your honest responses will contribute to our ongoing efforts to improve transparency, communication, and community relations." Chief Christopher Jones with the help of the rest of city hall administrative officials and a rubber-stamp city…See More
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Interesting Conflicts in Hamlin

In the 18 years the Ludington Torch has published local news, opinion, and analysis, we have exposed a lot of conflicts of interests among our city's officials that were evident and generally went without any type of official sanction.  Let's reflect on just a handful of these affecting Ludington over the years distinguished by their colorful titles:-- In 2010-2012 we uncovered a host of conflicts of interests in our …See More
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Double Jeopardy with Prosecutor Beth Hand

On March 31st, the Ludington Torch published an article which brought attention to a serious lack of legal understanding and lack of officer morality in a case where we were able to show multiple videos where inaptly named Mason County Deputy Noah Noble tried to exert authority he never had, while destroying public records. Kayla Brown, the victim of Noble's violations, was…See More
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XLFD replied to XLFD's discussion Injustice at a Cost
"I expect you are right, though I would have loved to have prevailed on the merits of this case and have a judicial panel that verified what actually happened and why it was wrong.  It would have been great to recover the filing fees, transcript…"
Tuesday
Freedom Seeker replied to XLFD's discussion Injustice at a Cost
"Knowing f your perseverance in the fight for justice, X, this ruling will be a spring board to greater exposure of the corruption. Sniegowski has been at the heart of covering corrupt COL"
Jul 20
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Injustice at a Cost

A comprehensive 2015 study ranked Michigan dead last in the State Integrity Investigation, a data-driven assessment of state government transparency and accountability by the Center for Public Integrity and Global Integrity.  Since that point in time, Michigan hasn't had a good record in correcting that deficiency; if anything, our legislature hasn't passed any substantive reform to its…See More
Jul 20
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Ludington School District's Hysteria Over the Eisinger Incident was Unwarranted

A major section of the Principal Katie Eisinger puzzle has finally dropped into place.  We have documented our difficulties in gathering facts underlying the school's case against their own principal in Marshalling a Narrative, where the interim superintendent, Mary Marshall, was shown to have some moral failures on her part which led to an amoral inquisition to fire Eisinger. …See More
Jul 16
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Ludington City Council, July 13, 2026 meeting: Gaslighting and Greed

It seemed like the Victorian era at the July 13, 2026, meeting (agenda packet) of the Ludington City Council, what with all the gaslighting performed by administrative city officials.  To those unfamiliar with the term, gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation where an abusive…See More
Jul 15
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Golf~6~Romeo replied to XLFD's discussion Deputy's Big Deal Over Big Tires in the group BUMPS
"All this idiocy is tacitly reinforced by the judicial system. Every judge should test higher and must be held accountable for the actions of the officers below them within their jurisdiction. A LEO cannot investigate without written…"
Jul 15
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Bicyclists United with Motorcyclists and Pedestrians for Safety. A local group advocating safety for all the vulnerable users of the roads and highways through changes in laws, infrastructures, and minds.See More
Jul 15
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XLFD replied to XLFD's discussion Deputy's Big Deal Over Big Tires in the group BUMPS
"I fear priorities in police training have shifted away from the basic civil rights of the public in order to heavily emphasize combat readiness, weaponry, and threat perception instead.  When trainees have it drummed into their head that…"
Jul 13
Paul Jensen replied to XLFD's discussion Deputy's Big Deal Over Big Tires in the group BUMPS
"Another thought to improve the quality of policing would be to have cops buy their own liability coverage as doctors do. Let the insurance industry weed out the bad cops, and they would not be able to move to a different department."
Jul 12
Paul Jensen replied to XLFD's discussion Deputy's Big Deal Over Big Tires in the group BUMPS
"I wasn't suggesting replacing low-IQ cops with Mensa members. Only 5% of the population has IQs above 125, so the pool in the range I was hoping for is large. Personality disorders seem to be a bigger problem. Perhaps I should have led…"
Jul 12
XLFD replied to XLFD's discussion Deputy's Big Deal Over Big Tires in the group BUMPS
"Ludington is a great place to test the hypothesis of your first statement.  During the summer the amount of people interacting with the city more than doubles at times and it appears that the local police force(s) have enough manpower to do…"
Jul 11

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Transparent as Dirt: Local and State Open Government Hypocrites

Started by XLFD in Waving the Torch Around Our Area 18 hours ago. 0 Replies

The Ludington Police Department offered up a survey last year on their Facebook…Continue

Ludington Fleet's Path of Leased Resistance

Started by XLFD in Waving the Torch Around Our Area. Last reply by Ronaldo Channel 23 hours ago. 1 Reply

February saw the topic of leasing the fleet of 41 (numbers 40 and 43 have also been used) vehicles used by the City of Ludington (COL) come to the Ludington City Council for the first time.  This…Continue

Interesting Conflicts in Hamlin

Started by XLFD in Waving the Torch Around Our Area on Thursday. 0 Replies

In the 18 years the Ludington Torch has published local news, opinion, and analysis, we have exposed a lot of conflicts of interests among our city's officials that were evident and generally went…Continue

The Millstones of Coach Millspaugh

Started by XLFD in Waving the Torch Around Our Area. Last reply by Bred Nuance on Wednesday. 13 Replies

In the 2-16-2018 article Delay of Game and Blocking by…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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    Created by XLFD Jan 3, 2015 at 12:38am. Last updated by XLFD Jan 3, 2015.

    Spammertizing

    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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    Created by XLFD Dec 28, 2012 at 12:02pm. Last updated by XLFD Dec 28, 2012.

    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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