"Ever since Ludington was invaded by the tough guy police from SE Michigan there has been nothing but trouble. This is proof that corruption breeds corruption. When City Hall is neck deep in corruption we can expect it to spread throughout other…"
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When a Guilty Verdict Goes Both Ways
One week ago, a jury went into deliberations for about three hours after hearing closing arguments that morning from a case that took two full days to try during the prior week. The Ludington Torch was there for all of the court action, so when the Mason County Press (who wasn't there for the trial) came out later that day with a canned story purely from the prosecutor's perspective, we felt there needed to be a bit more said on the story, particularly when Prosecutor Beth…See More
"Thanks for that clarification on where the call originated and I see what you meant now."
"Thanks for the roaring defense, and I apologize for making you think that Mitch called this in from his fancy Forest Hills estate. I made the point that the former city manager lived two miles away to illustrate why this wasn't a proper…"
"RKH, you may wish to review the Bill of Rights and the ACLU's publications of civil rights matters before making misguided statements like this.
Police have the same rights as you and me, that's why they should be respecting your rights…"
"Further: maybe the LE doesn't have right to enter backyard: see…"
"Thanks for your viewpoint, RK. However on the body cam I did not hear police announce themselves prowling theu his backyard, and at least one was dressed in street clothes with beach shoes on his feet. It's a tough situation when evidently Mr.…"
""How does one get around that?" Freedom Seeker, one gets around that by bringing a civil suit against the noisemaker, not by making even more unlawful noise. Mr. Oquist was told to "Stop" by uniformed officers when he was…"
"Thanks X, for your time and effort. We both know nothing's going to change until the numbskulls voting for this bunch of losers start paying attention and use their voting rights to rescue their City from these corrupt politicians."
"No wonder LPD and now Mayor, former COP didn't want to give out police body cam of that incident looks like an ambush from behind, pulled down the stairs in his own back yard. Wow!
But many questions of the greater escalation of the situation,…"
LPD's Fight Night at the Joe
Area hockey fans should be familiar with what was called "Fight Night at the Joe", where a legendary March 27, 1997 game between the Detroit Red Wings and Colorado Avalanche devolved into an epic brawl filled affair with 18 fighting major penalties with even the goalies squaring off against each other, solidifying the…See More
"Thanks for explaining that, X. Not only does $96k salary a year seem like public extortion for Hammersley's lack of knowledge and ethics (for a second job) Hammersley's "ponzi" scheme of making $225 an hour ($300-$75 which he…"
"The first two items actually happened at this meeting, the monthly retainer for the CA was miscoded as FOIA related expenses, and as the CA agreement would not allow for two month periods of payment, the CA either billed for two months or the city…"
"I'm confused by your reply, X. Of those 4 things you enumerated, are they actual or hypothetical action or somewhere in between due to clerical error?
Do you know how much Hammersley has been paid this year on top of his salary or retainer? No…"
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LPD's Fight Night at the Joe
Started by XLFD in Waving the Torch Around Our Area. Last reply by Willy 5 hours ago. 9 Replies 0 Likes
Area hockey fans should be familiar with what was called "…Continue
When a Guilty Verdict Goes Both Ways
Started by XLFD in Waving the Torch Around Our Area yesterday. 0 Replies 0 Likes
One week ago, a jury went into deliberations for about three hours after hearing closing arguments that morning from a case that took two full days to try during the prior week. The Ludington Torch…Continue
Ludington City Council Meeting, March 24, 2025: Hungry, Hungry, Hypocrites
Started by XLFD in Waving the Torch Around Our Area. Last reply by Willy on Sunday. 6 Replies 0 Likes
Legal issues from both a Ludington citizen and a Ludington business would supersede the agenda items for the Monday evening meeting of the Ludington City Council on March 24th. The planned absence…Continue
The Black Hills of West End
Started by XLFD in Waving the Torch Around Our Area. Last reply by XLFD Mar 23. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Spring has sprung and with its coming, Ludington annually features a rather unique man-made wonder just a stone's throw from its Lake Michigan shore: The Black Hills of the West End. …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.
As they continue to…
ContinueCreated 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.
ContinueCreated 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.
Now go to the…
ContinueCreated by XLFD Nov 23, 2011 at 10:52am. Last updated by XLFD Nov 23, 2011.
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