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Ludington's Jonesie Smollett

You may remember the controversy surrounding actor Jussie Smollett back in 2019 when he staged an elaborate hoax, playing the part of a crime victim to get himself widespread attention and demonize those who he was politically opposite of.  Ludington has its own version of Smollett, and he just happens to be the Ludington Police Department's (LPD) Chief Christopher Jones, who recently…See More
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The Disconnect Between the Citizen and City Hall: Crosswalk Edition

Municipal governments can often be reluctant to do the right thing when citizens point out deficiencies that are not being addressed within city hall.  A great divide can form when a well-intentioned citizen points out a problem with existing traffic infrastructure that the city/township has allowed to remain.  These battles over public safety often require court action to resolve, even when remedial action would be a negligible expense to the budget. We will look at a Charlottesville Virginia…See More
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Multiple County Prosecutors Double-Cross Victims of Contractor Fraud

Back in September 2023, the Ludington Torch revealed what appeared to be the widespread defrauding of West Michigan individuals by a contractor named Daniel Siefka, who with his wife, fronted about a dozen limited liability corporations (LLCs).  In that story, we transcribed an investigative…See More
Jun 4
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A Tale of Two City Courts

Growing up in Scottville in the 1970s was quite a bit different than it would be today.  At that particular time, the city was self-sufficient with a supermarket in the downtown area and a new one opening up just north of town, multiple hardware stores, sports stores, apparel, and drug stores.  A brand-new middle school coming in and no hint of the US 31 bypass that would come in at the beginning of the 1990s.  No Walmart's, Meijers, not even any K-marts in the area just yet, just a Grant's…See More
Jun 2
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Dennis Anderson is now a member of The Ludington Torch
May 31
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XLFD replied to XLFD's discussion Scottville City Commission Meeting, May 27, 2025: Transparent Commitments
"I have low tolerance for city commissioners/councilors who get into office without supporting any initiatives or issues and serve their time just following the herd.  Perhaps less tolerance than for those who espouse voter-friendly positions…"
May 29
woodsman replied to XLFD's discussion Scottville City Commission Meeting, May 27, 2025: Transparent Commitments
"     Sure seems that everything is cut and dried before the SCC meetings as there is very little if any SCC comments on anything.  Seems reasonable that there should be some comments unless they just do not care or are told not…"
May 28
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Scottville City Commission Meeting, May 27, 2025: Transparent Commitments

The post-Memorial Day Tuesday meeting of the Scottville City Commission (SCC) was held at the city's senior center, just south of the county's sole operating marijuana dispensary, the Hempire Collective.  Commissioners at this meeting (and the meeting before) have been so mellow doing their jobs over the course of this and the …See More
May 28
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Ludington City Council Meetings: April and May 2025 Redux

Our loyal readers have likely noticed that the Ludington Torch failed to put out a straight recap of Ludington City Council meetings over the last two months, even though we were in attendance.  We have been abnormally busy, but the reason why we weren't able to supply these summaries was the initial lack of a video for the first meeting in April.  We always try to include a video with our recaps, but for some reason, we would never find this within the first week of the first April meeting…See More
May 27
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Martin Ramon is now a member of The Ludington Torch
May 26
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XLFD replied to XLFD's discussion Mayor Barnett's Blatant Gaslighting Campaign
"Barnett will go to the grave unrepentant, because his career shows that he will kiss the asses of his betters and his peers and kick the asses of those who his betters and peers point towards.  When a problem comes up that requires moral…"
May 22
Freedom Seeker replied to XLFD's discussion Mayor Barnett's Blatant Gaslighting Campaign
"LIARS gonna Lie. Sad and the wicked justify themselves. All I can do is pray, that some day, Barnett will get over himself, conquer his ego because he can't seen to see over it to hear what you say. Barnett is one of the main sources (imo), if…"
May 21
XLFD replied to XLFD's discussion Mayor Barnett's Blatant Gaslighting Campaign
"He's minimally smarter than a rock, so it must be the latter.  The problem is that everybody has been doing things wrong for so long that it would be an admission of corruption if they changed their policy so that they keep private funds…"
May 21
XLFD replied to XLFD's discussion Mayor Barnett's Blatant Gaslighting Campaign
"You know what else happened back in 2017?  Then-LPD Chief Mark Barnett and Shady John Shay propagated a lie that the six-year-old case file of the Baby Kate police report and interview with the mother consisted of 2700 pages filled with exempt…"
May 21
Josh Wayman replied to Sweater Cows!'s discussion Property Rights, CAN LAW DICTATE SPAY OR NEUTER PETS
"I agree with Willie that the wind turbine situation is a whole different matter. Whether a pet is intact or not usually doesn’t have any direct impact on the neighbors. But when hrana za pse you start installing massive wind turbines, the…"
May 21
Willy replied to XLFD's discussion Mayor Barnett's Blatant Gaslighting Campaign
"Either the Mayor's is as dumb as a rock or he is hiding and performing corrupt acts using the City coffers to conceal his actions. No body can be this dense. You have explained in great detail that what has transpired is not proper or ethical…"
May 20

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Ludington's Jonesie Smollett

Started by XLFD in Waving the Torch Around Our Area 22 hours ago. 0 Replies

You may remember the controversy surrounding actor Jussie Smollett back in 2019 when he staged…Continue

The Disconnect Between the Citizen and City Hall: Crosswalk Edition

Started by XLFD in Waving the Torch Around Our Area on Friday. 0 Replies

Municipal governments can often be reluctant to do the right thing when citizens point out deficiencies that are not being addressed within city hall.  A great divide can form when a well-intentioned…Continue

Multiple County Prosecutors Double-Cross Victims of Contractor Fraud

Started by XLFD in Waving the Torch Around Our Area Jun 4. 0 Replies

Back in September 2023, the Ludington Torch…Continue

A Tale of Two City Courts

Started by XLFD in Waving the Torch Around Our Area Jun 2. 0 Replies

Growing up in Scottville in the 1970s was quite a bit different than it would be today.  At that particular time, the city was self-sufficient with a supermarket in the downtown area and a new one…Continue

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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.

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