Back on the night of March 12th, I came very close to being shot by contracted killers hired by the City of Ludington (COL) to shoot deer in Cartier Park.  I entered the park at 5:45 PM that day, intent on spoiling bait piles and chasing out deer from the area before the cull was set to begin.  At multiple meetings, found in the minutes and recordings of those meetings, the public was told deer cullers would do their business in the middle of the night, and that the COL would make sure it was…See More

A local analytical pundit who has spent many, many decades in Ludington recently drafted an in-depth essay exploring the reasons why the lifeguard program should be revived or whether it should stay underwater.  The analysis could go for any beach town that offers a potentially dangerous public swimming area and identifies factors that should be used when making a decision either way in its conclusions.   There has been no debate at city hall between public officials since 2011, when they opted…See More

Whenever I have had the opportunity to debate the merits of whether or not to change Title IX definitions to include 'gender identity' as a new class that cannot be discriminated against, I always defend keeping the old definition on the basis of two main reasons.  The first is that it's not immediately apparent what duties everyone else is subject to in order to preserve the 'civil rights' of someone who believes they are not the sex that their body and chromosomes say they are.  The second is…See More