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"Congratulations to President-elect Trump and new 5th Ward Councilor Mike Shaw, other winners."
9 hours ago
Willy replied to XLFD's discussion A Week of Dirty, Scary, Hands
"i hope she will be more sensitive to the public she will be serving when she gets into office. At least I hope so. You had better be careful just in case she has the idea of making an example out of your case."
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Willy replied to XLFD's discussion November 2024 Guide for Local Voters (Late Edition Addition)
yesterday
XLFD replied to XLFD's discussion Ludington City Council Meeting, October 28, 2024: UDO You
"The corruption of the COL bidding processes was recently supported by a resolution that effectively allows them to totally ignore competitive bidding, by using subjective metrics after the bids are opened.  The Requests for Proposals (RFPs)…"
Monday
Willy replied to XLFD's discussion November 2024 Guide for Local Voters (Late Edition Addition)
"Excellent work X. Thanks for taking the time and researching the candidates. I like your choice for Treasurer."
Monday
Willy replied to XLFD's discussion Ludington City Council Meeting, October 28, 2024: UDO You
"Thanks for posting this discussion X. Nothing seems to change with the Council, especially the corrupt bidding process that has been going on for years. Who would even take the time to get involved with the bidding process if the Council has already…"
Monday
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A Week of Dirty, Scary, Hands

On the week of Halloween, one week before our appointed county prosecutor becomes duly elected for the position since she has no opponent, our local courts show that we may have some problems over the course of the next four years.Prosecutor Beth Hand handily won the primary election over two qualified Republican candidates, one an assistant prosecutor in Manistee County, one an established local defense attorney.  During a debate held by local media at Waterfront Park this summer, they would…See More
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November 2024 Guide for Local Voters (Late Edition Addition)

We promised a later edition of a voter's guide when we published our early edition and with only a few days left of early voting and the actual Election Day on Tuesday, November 5th on the way, here it is.  Note, early voting in Michigan will continue over the weekend, but not on Monday, as they brace for the next day.We did attend the…See More
Friday
XLFD replied to XLFD's discussion Scottville City Commission, October 28, 2024: Police Protection
"Marco Iafretti of the COLDNews wrote his own report on the Scottville meeting this morning, adding some extra details, he did a very commendable job in his assessment and adding details: In the last three years, the City of Scottville's…"
Oct 31
XLFD posted discussions
Oct 30
Willy replied to Rom TottaM's discussion A Critical Review of Tom Rotta’s Approach to Civic Engagement
"The truth of the matter is that because the advice Rom gave was so poorly thought out and presented and then, properly criticized by other Torch contributors, that the only  viable explanation for the poor advice was to claim it as a fictional…"
Oct 29
XLFD replied to Rom TottaM's discussion A Critical Review of Tom Rotta’s Approach to Civic Engagement
"I have an elderly friend who uses ChatGPT to assist him in writing essays and legal briefs, and so I know what their output normally looks like, which is why I presumed the original post was assisted by that AI.  Obviously, someone used that…"
Oct 29
Rom TottaM replied to Rom TottaM's discussion A Critical Review of Tom Rotta’s Approach to Civic Engagement
"Are you satisfied?"
Oct 29
woodsman liked XLFD's discussion Scottville City Commission, October 28, 2024: Police Protection
Oct 29
Charles Cœur de Lièvre replied to Rom TottaM's discussion A Critical Review of Tom Rotta’s Approach to Civic Engagement
"Lol, well, my reply to Rom is written not with the aim of actually replying to Rom, but rather with the aim of making you aware that you seem to be earnestly spending time and effort having a discussion with ChatGPT. There is no mind there to change…"
Oct 29
Charles Cœur de Lièvre replied to Rom TottaM's discussion A Critical Review of Tom Rotta’s Approach to Civic Engagement
"And here I thought you were trying to fly under the radar. Stock GPTese is, of course, painfully obvious. It needs no active analysis to detect but is rather a visceral sort of sensation. Such material can be made less immediately noticeable with a…"
Oct 29

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A Week of Dirty, Scary, Hands

Started by XLFD in Waving the Torch Around Our Area. Last reply by Willy yesterday. 1 Reply

On the week of Halloween, one week before our appointed county prosecutor becomes duly elected for the position since she has no opponent, our local courts show that we may have some problems over…Continue

November 2024 Guide for Local Voters (Late Edition Addition)

Started by XLFD in Waving the Torch Around Our Area. Last reply by Willy yesterday. 2 Replies

We promised a later edition of a voter's guide when we published our …Continue

Ludington City Council Meeting, October 28, 2024: UDO You

Started by XLFD in Waving the Torch Around Our Area. Last reply by XLFD on Monday. 2 Replies

The Ludington Torch can't say it regrets not being able to attend this along with the Scottville Commission meeting, as it was nearly two hours of blather and introduction to the public of a…Continue

Scottville City Commission, October 28, 2024: Police Protection

Started by XLFD in Waving the Torch Around Our Area. Last reply by XLFD Oct 31. 1 Reply

In the media business, if you don't have the resources to cover two events happening at the same time, you follow the event with the better story.  That's what this Ludington Torch reporter did at 6…Continue

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    Migration Update

    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…

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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.

    Now go to the…

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    Created by XLFD Nov 23, 2011 at 10:52am. Last updated by XLFD Nov 23, 2011.

    Each American generation passes the torch of truth, liberty and justice –- in an unbroken chain all the way down to the present

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