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Michigan Leaders Direct $1 Billion Secretly to Favored Corporations

Michigan has enjoyed the mantle of being the least transparent state government since 2015, and they haven't done anything since that time…

Started by XLFD in Waving the Torch Around Our Area

3 Jan 11, 2022
Reply by Willy

The Loveliest from Ludington

You might think from the title that I am writing about myself again, but I'm too darn humble for such self-adulation.  This short article i…

Started by XLFD in Torch Light

1 Jan 8, 2022
Reply by Willy

Capitol Offenses

"Police allowed several hundred protesters to peacefully enter the capitol building around 1pm, where they crammed shoulder-to-shoulder nea…

Started by XLFD in Dueling Torches

5 Jan 7, 2022
Reply by XLFD

Pier Review:  The High Cost of Maintaining Optional Shoreline Projects

At the December 20th meeting of the Ludington City Council, councilors voted unanimously (without any meaningful discussion) to spend $260…

Started by XLFD in Waving the Torch Around Our Area

9 Jan 3, 2022
Reply by XLFD

All I Want for Christmas: The Jab

It's a Christmas tradition to mangle holiday favorites, whether they be song, carol, story, or theme, and make them more relevant to the Lu…

Started by XLFD in Torch Light

1 Dec 23, 2021
Reply by Willy

Ludington City Council December 20, 2021: Bittersweet

On entering city hall, I noticed about half of the fire department had gathered in the lobby in their uniforms talking among themselves in…

Started by XLFD in Waving the Torch Around Our Area

3 Dec 23, 2021
Reply by Willy

Pandemic of the Vaccinated and the Masked

The most recent statewide statistics indicate two things:  1) the ten states with the highest vaccination rates have higher Covid-19 case r…

Started by XLFD in Dueling Torches

34 Dec 23, 2021
Reply by RK Hubbard

The Right to be Secure in One's House: Manistee's Steven Haugen Dilemma

Back in 2018, a sexual assault trial took place in Benzie County.  A man named Steven Haugen faced a felony charge of sexual assault with i…

Started by XLFD in Waving the Torch Around Our Area

4 Dec 21, 2021
Reply by XLFD

Turbine Legend

Decades before massive wind turbines were erected in the communities of southwestern Mason County an ambitious and more costly project invo…

Started by XLFD in Torch Light

3 Dec 19, 2021
Reply by Willy

Board Rot: The Regular December meeting of the Ludington School Board

One would expect the December 13, 2021 Ludington School Board regular meeting would have a lot of busy work, what with a new superintendent…

Started by XLFD in Waving the Torch Around Our Area

2 Dec 17, 2021
Reply by XLFD

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