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"Before we decide to make an omelet, let's look at the current sunny side up of democracy as concerns Ludington. We see some scrambling going on; the five positions up for election are being vacated by the incumbents (only one is term…"
Sheriff Kim Cole's Progressive Gender Dysphoria
Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole has come out of the closet. Backtracking on a major campaign issue, betraying his words with his actions and subsequent inactions, Cole allowed a violation of state law and his so-called core beliefs by having his subordinates put a biological woman in the same cell as a biological man, keeping her there for over ten hours, and only releasing her from the traumatic experience once she made bail. Jail staff or administrators who intentionally or negligently…See More
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"When a (hu)man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property, and justly liable to the inspection and vigilance of public opinion; and the more sensibly he is made to…"
"If I were a betting person and could definitively confirm or refute the following theory, I'd put a fair share of money behind it. The CDD with her Mercedes mentality has effectively mentored the new city manager on the way things are…"
"Good story, X. Not a fable. Very frustrating. It just seems Aldrich is young and inexperienced to break the City Charter repeatedly and State Laws FOIA ... or reckless to think she can get away with it. Either way she is arrogant to not follow or…"
Ludington's Fly on the Wheel and Flywheel
A lesser-known lesson from the renowned fabulist Aesop involved a short fable involving a fly sitting on the wheel of a chariot totally in awe of his own self-importance by remarking what an awful lot of dust he was raising. The moral of the story was that vain people tend to imagine themselves the cause of great results when they actually do nothing. The phrase "a fly on the wheel" is…See More
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End Run Around A Tax Increase
Before Ludington Adds New Charges, Show Us the Math: The City of Ludington says it is facing a projected General Fund deficit of approximately $550,000 in 2027 and $500,000 in 2028. Its response, at least so far, should concern every city taxpayer.Instead of first showing residents exactly where this half-million-dollar annual problem came from and what spending can be reduced, the City Council has directed City Manager Kaitlyn Aldrich to investigate special assessments for street lighting,…See More
When Overseeing Wild Birds Leads to Overseeing Wild Government Prohibitions
One way to tell when your local city hall is detached from the public and bored with what they're doing is to see how many ordinances they pass to command the public (they supposedly represent) of what they need to be doing on their own property and otherwise invade their privacy. The City of Ludington (COL) has done this with many perceived problems, perhaps the most signature issue of theirs over the last five years has been the feeding of wildlife/deer-- spawning a restrictive ordinance on…See More
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Ludington's Fly on the Wheel and Flywheel
Started by XLFD in Waving the Torch Around Our Area. Last reply by Golf~6~Romeo 14 hours ago. 5 Replies 0 Likes
A lesser-known lesson from the renowned fabulist Aesop involved a short fable involving a fly…Continue
Sheriff Kim Cole's Progressive Gender Dysphoria
Started by XLFD in Waving the Torch Around Our Area 21 hours ago. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole has come out of the closet. Backtracking on a major campaign issue, betraying his words with his actions and subsequent inactions, Cole allowed a violation of state law…Continue
Local Health Department Denies Covid Death Records
Started by XLFD in Waving the Torch Around Our Area. Last reply by zeesho yesterday. 36 Replies 1 Like
I patiently awaited a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) response from the local district health department (DHD#10) I made and referenced in an…Continue
Hamlin Township, November 2025: The Forensic Audit Arrives
Started by XLFD in Torch Light. Last reply by Ananya yesterday. 11 Replies 0 Likes
After the November 13, 2025, meeting of the Hamlin Township Board, the Ludington Torch can now truly say that we have attended several meetings of that public body over the last year. The meeting I…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…
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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