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Ludington City Council Meeting, January 26, 2026: Involuntary Reflex
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The January 26, 2026 meeting of the Ludington City Council might be remembered as being one of the sparsest in recent history as regards to action items. In fact, the …Continue
Lest Ye be Judged: Appeal Claims Fee and Judicial Improprieties
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The biggest villains in this reporter's opinion are the ones who choose to be public servants and use that opportunity to protect themselves and their peers from accountability, transparency, and…Continue
Lead Story, Today and Yesterday
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Just got confirmation from city officials that a hidden problem I brought up ten years ago is not in my backyard; it's in my front yard. Nowadays, when I get a letter from the City of Ludington, I…Continue
The Bleau's Brothers Hit the Road to Hamlin's Interesting Conflicts
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"We're putting the band back together."While this may have been the goal back in the classic 1980 movie "The Blues Brothers", it was not necessarily the objective when this reporter got a call from…Continue
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""Ask yourself councilors, would you trust a law-defying city who would shut down businesses on an imperialistic whim that invested millions into the area and steal graves from under a family without any remorse? No, you wouldn't, but you…"
Ludington City Council Meeting, January 26, 2026: Involuntary Reflex
The January 26, 2026 meeting of the Ludington City Council might be remembered as being one of the sparsest in recent history as regards to action items. In fact, the agenda packet shows that these amounted to a first presentation of a clarifying ordinance, approving a quote for electrical…See More
"Great short essay, Terry.
I believe the biggest reason Trump and his State Department have been so successful in negotiating peace over the last year has been that they understand the "costs" of war and were able to show both sides how the…"
"Thanks, X, for the elaboration. Sounds like too much targeting going on in Ludington policing. Hoping you get justice for FOI without extortion."
"Here's an elaboration of what transpired. A man went to Pomorski's Tavern with his girlfriend (GF), at the end of the night, an employee from across the length of the bar saw what she thought was an act of domestic violence against…"
"Still digesting this .... What?? REALLY? "When reported to another police agency as a criminal act, the response would be amended, doubling the amount to over $400. claiming that it would be all for the cost of separating exempt material out of…"
"An optimistic hope to be sure, when I look back at the last appeal where the COL filed an appeal themselves of my quo warranto action against the 2022 charter revision vote and apply that timeline here, minus any extension that the COL took in that…"
"I had to read this about three times to understand but thereby feel the opposing sides are in way over their heads. Public extortion as never tried before in Mason County, right? Way to stand up for the public, for Freedom of Information, and…"
Lest Ye be Judged: Appeal Claims Fee and Judicial Improprieties
The biggest villains in this reporter's opinion are the ones who choose to be public servants and use that opportunity to protect themselves and their peers from accountability, transparency, and responsibility.Using procedures under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in early 2024, we requested from the Ludington Police Department (LPD) three different segments of body worn camera (BWC) footage of arrests made by LPD officers that, diplomatically put, did not go according to accepted…See More
"This whole proposal feels like a workaround that raises more questions than it answers. If the issue is that the columns are allegedly out of compliance with the approved site plans, then the solution should directly address that compliance problem,…"
Lead Story, Today and Yesterday
Just got confirmation from city officials that a hidden problem I brought up ten years ago is not in my backyard; it's in my front yard. Nowadays, when I get a letter from the City of Ludington, I expect something coming from the Mason County prosecutor soon to follow. This reporter has been prosecuted three times over the last 16 months arising from charges crafted by the city's police department, each one a variation of a common theme of trespassing on public land, public land that was…See More
The Bleau's Brothers Hit the Road to Hamlin's Interesting Conflicts
"We're putting the band back together."While this may have been the goal back in the classic 1980 movie "The Blues Brothers", it was not necessarily the objective when this reporter got a call from former Pere Marquette Charter Township (PMCT) Trustee Ron Soberalski asking me some questions about what's happening up in Hamlin Township. He was hearing indications that the Hamlin Township's Board was undergoing some internal conflicts, read some of the Ludington Torch's articles on the topic and…See More
A Quorum Walks Out of an Attorney's Office: Board Members Facing Recall Now Face Open Meetings Act Lawsuit
While we normally are concerned with keeping Mason County's public bodies accountable, transparent, and operating lawfully, we sometimes visit other Michigan communities that have problems which arise from public servants behaving badly. And when servants are not acting good and faithful they deserve the crisp taste of the whip, at least that's what my dominatrix always tells me.Let's transport ourselves south to the Charter Township of Comstock in Kalamazoo County, where there is an active…See More
"I think everyone does, even the city councilors when they imbibe some of that liquid courage themselves, but the unfortunate truth is that they are not afraid of being hypocritical and they have a lot of undue influence from a certain local…"
"To answer your question, Stibitz is an improvement over Barnett, and the Fourth Ward can probably get a better match for the folks. I haven't been impressed at all by her abandonment of all those private marinas in her ward in favor of…"
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- At 7:18am on December 31, 2025,
Paul Galinski said…
New to this site. You are well informed and write superbly. Is this your site/'invention''?
I am in Ludington every couple of weeks. Likely to continue into 2026. Also grew up in Ludington.
Best/only strong resource to get better in touch with Ludington. Thank you!
- At 8:50pm on December 30, 2023,
Willy said…
- X, I am unable to edit my comments and cannot attach a photo or video to my comments. I don't know if it's my computer or if it's has something to do with the forum. Just wondering if anyone else is having a problem.
- At 9:37pm on November 3, 2021,
Hello and thank you!
- At 8:10pm on February 5, 2020,
Annabel Lee said…
Thank you!
- At 10:01pm on November 12, 2018,
AQUAMAN said…
Anything special about the CC Mtg. tonight? Thanks, Aqua.
- At 9:23pm on January 3, 2018,
XLFD said…
Louise, in the upper right corner of the main page you will see your name and an "inbox (1 new)" link under it. Click on that and you'll see a message from me. Click on that, and then reply in that same space. This will be private messaging between you and me. I will use my resources to try and verify your claims; our sheriff's office is remarkably cloaked in secrecy (more so than the COL) since KIm Cole assumed the position of sheriff.
- At 8:32pm on January 3, 2018,
Sure hope to hear these names! Bullies need exposed!
- At 4:54pm on January 3, 2018,
- I’m not sure how to message you, other than this way...sorry not good with computers. I have no evidence or proof. I’m sorry I wish I knew how to verify the claims all I can tell you is the names of the officers I heard about
- At 9:02pm on January 2, 2018,
- Ive heard that a local corrections officer got fired for sleeping with an inmate while on duty and another got fired for falsifying his time card, also A deputy Sargent recently got demoted. What is going on at our local sheriffs office and why is none of this being reported?
- At 12:55am on November 18, 2017,
- I'm curious about something and have not been able to find an answer. I'm hoping you may know the answer. Is it 'usual practice' to use a person's full name in the body of an op-ed?
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