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Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D)'s husband Marc Malloy, a dentist by profession, allegedly attempted to use his position to get to the head of the line to get his boat put in the water in the Grand Traverse Bay area (Northwest Lower Peninsula). He was informed that he would have to wait his turn like everyone else.
NorthShore Dock LLC, the company making the claim, has either deleted or hidden their FaceBook page after posting about the alleged incident, but Google Cache caught it, and I archived it from there. Someone else had it archived normally, with people's comments.
(A&N Thread) (archive of NorthShore's FB post)
[ETA: According to NorthShore, Mr. Malloy was respectful and understanding when told the company couldn't schedule him early. The mainstream media have picked up the story. Governor Whitmer's spokesperson has neither confirmed nor denied the accusations, saying they don't respond to every rumor online.
(archive)]
Another lawsuit, this time by 120 gyms. Filed in U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids (West Michigan)
(archive)
OFFICIAL DEATH TOLL
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reviews deaths and adds overlooked cases to the count three days a week: Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Recovery counts are updated on Saturdays.
Detroit Metro (pop. 3,860,000 total; 1,796/sq. mi.; 694/sq km):*
34,558 confirmed / 4,097 dead
34,485 confirmed / 4,092 dead yesterday
(i.e. 5 new deaths, down 9 from this day last week)
Normal Detroit Metro Death Rate: 104 per day.**
Other Michigan (6,120,000; 65/sq. mi.; 25/sq km):
20,323 confirmed / 1,143 dead
20,194 confirmed / 1,136 dead yesterday
(i.e. 7 new deaths, down 3 from this day last week)
Normal not-Detroit Death Rate: 167 per day**
All Michigan (9,990,000; 103/sq. mi.; 40/sq km):
54,881 confirmed / 5,240 dead
54,679 confirmed / 5,228 dead yesterday
(i.e. 12 new deaths, down 12 from this day last week)
Normal Michigan Death Rate: 271 per day.**
Death toll doubled since: April 20.
We were locked down from: March 24 (untilApril 30? May 21),
Masks have been mandatory in stores since: April 27 (until April 30?).
Detroit Metro Daily Deaths Last Seven Days:
77*** / 26 / 22*** / 13 / 50*** / -1^ / 6 = 218***
State Government site, daily - today's archive;
State Gov site, total, includes breakdowns by sex, age, race and ethnicity - today's archive.
*Here defined as the City of Detroit, and Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne Counties, minus state and federal prisoners, who are not counted towards any county's cases, but are kept in categories of their own.
** As of 2018.
*** 43, 31, and 44 statewide deaths, respectively, were added on these days upon State review. Presumably most were in Detroit, but I don't know exactly how many.
^ 4 deaths were subtracted from Detroit City's total, and 3 deaths reported elsewhere in the tri-county.
One Ann Arbor man allegedly killed by his roommate in a Corona-related dispute (archive). The suspect has been released from custody while the investigation continues (archive).
One Flint security guard allegedly murdered for telling a woman that her daughter needed to wear a mask in a dollar store. Multiple suspects are in custody (archive, A&N thread).
Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D)'s husband Marc Malloy, a dentist by profession, allegedly attempted to use his position to get to the head of the line to get his boat put in the water in the Grand Traverse Bay area (Northwest Lower Peninsula). He was informed that he would have to wait his turn like everyone else.
NorthShore Dock LLC, the company making the claim, has either deleted or hidden their FaceBook page after posting about the alleged incident, but Google Cache caught it, and I archived it from there. Someone else had it archived normally, with people's comments.
(A&N Thread) (archive of NorthShore's FB post)
[ETA: According to NorthShore, Mr. Malloy was respectful and understanding when told the company couldn't schedule him early. The mainstream media have picked up the story. Governor Whitmer's spokesperson has neither confirmed nor denied the accusations, saying they don't respond to every rumor online.
(archive)]
Another lawsuit, this time by 120 gyms. Filed in U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids (West Michigan)
(archive)
SHUTDOWN SHOWDOWN
Shelter-in-place order from Tuesday March 24 toMonday April 13. Friday, May 1, Friday, May 15, May 28, but May 22 for the farthest north, May 21, kind of? But also June 12 May 1, maybe? (archive May 21) (executive order saved on KF) . The Republican-controlled legislature has refused to extend Governor Whitmer's emergency authority. Governor Whitmer insists her emergency orders are all still in effect (Rundown on the laws).
State attorney general Dana Nessel (D)is also leaving enforcement of the stay-at-home order to local discretion until the courts weigh in on it (archive). She has stated Governor Whitmer's orders are valid and are to be enforced (archive). The legislature is not calling for civil disobedience at this time (archive).
The legislature has filed a lawsuit against the governor (archive). Oral arguments were heard May 15 (archive). A Court of Claims judge has ruled in favor of the governor. The legislature has appealed.
State senate leader Mike Shirkey (R) is also supporting a petition drive to change the law. Such a petition would require 340,047 signatures to be collected. It would be veto-proof if approved by the legislature, and would go on the next general election ballot if denied by them (archive 1, archive 2, archive 3).
U. S. Rep Paul Mitchell (R - The Thumb) has filed a lawsuit independently against Governor Whitmer, in federal district court. Link, pdf on KF. He has also founded a committee to work on the petition recommended by Sen. Shirkey.
There have been over a dozen lawsuits against Governor Whitmer's actions during this crisis, mostly regarding the shut-down order, in various stages of progress and in various courts (summary of eight of them).However, "all deadlines applicable to the commencement of all civil and probate actions and proceedings" are suspended until the end of the states of emergency and disaster. Executive order, and thus in limbo. (archive).
OTHER SHUTDOWNS
Recap from NPR
Major protest at the State Capitol April 15 (A&N thread). Minor protest outside Governor's Mansion April 23 (archive). Protest at the State Capitol April 30 (A&N Thread). Protest at the capitol May 14 (archive).
Auto manufacturing resuming May 18. (archive)
ECONOMY AND MISCELLANY
Unemployment reached 22.7% in April. (Archive - May 20). It should be lower now, as factories, etc. reopen.
Massive phone-tracking project reveals Michigan travel is nearly back to normal (website).
The State is facing a $2.5 billion budget shortage (archive).
HEALTH CARE
Hydroxychloroquine banned by governor's order (archive). Nevermind LOL! Now she's asking the federal government for it and claiming the ban was a mistake in the first place. (archive). Detroit-area hospitals are testing the drug's effectiveness as a preventative on first responders and health-care workers (archive). Article on results, May 8 (archive).
Up-to-date count of available hospital beds, etc. in the State (the Detroit area is "Section 2, North and South.")(government website)
State of affairs May 5 - about half as many hospitalized cases and ICU cases as on April 12 (archive).
Detroit field hospital, capacity 1,000, closed. Never had many more than 20 at any time. (archive, May 7).
The state is going to add "probable" deaths from Coronavirus to our death tolls. (archive - May 20)
LAW AND ORDER
All localities given more discretion to release prisoners early (archive). It was an executive order. Who knows if it's still valid?
Detroit shootings up, but most other crime down (archive - April 30); Muskegon police report crime is up (archive).
Breaking the lockdown is a misdemeanor, punishable by $1500 fines and 90 days jail time. (Still valid???) Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) has stated there will not be a "ramp up" of police enforcement (archive). The attorney general has left it to local law enforcement to close businesses, as her hands are full with price-gougers and con artists (archive).
The police cannot, at present, pull drivers over simply for being out during the shutdown (archive). Multiple sherrifs from the rural north to Detroit suburbs have stated they will not be enforcing or not strictly enforcing parts or the entirety of the order (archive). An increasing number of businesses are quietly ignoring or publicy defying the shut-down orders.
Shelter-in-place order from Tuesday March 24 to
State attorney general Dana Nessel (D)
The legislature has filed a lawsuit against the governor (archive). Oral arguments were heard May 15 (archive). A Court of Claims judge has ruled in favor of the governor. The legislature has appealed.
State senate leader Mike Shirkey (R) is also supporting a petition drive to change the law. Such a petition would require 340,047 signatures to be collected. It would be veto-proof if approved by the legislature, and would go on the next general election ballot if denied by them (archive 1, archive 2, archive 3).
U. S. Rep Paul Mitchell (R - The Thumb) has filed a lawsuit independently against Governor Whitmer, in federal district court. Link, pdf on KF. He has also founded a committee to work on the petition recommended by Sen. Shirkey.
There have been over a dozen lawsuits against Governor Whitmer's actions during this crisis, mostly regarding the shut-down order, in various stages of progress and in various courts (summary of eight of them).
OTHER SHUTDOWNS
Recap from NPR
Major protest at the State Capitol April 15 (A&N thread). Minor protest outside Governor's Mansion April 23 (archive). Protest at the State Capitol April 30 (A&N Thread). Protest at the capitol May 14 (archive).
Auto manufacturing resuming May 18. (archive)
ECONOMY AND MISCELLANY
Unemployment reached 22.7% in April. (Archive - May 20). It should be lower now, as factories, etc. reopen.
Massive phone-tracking project reveals Michigan travel is nearly back to normal (website).
The State is facing a $2.5 billion budget shortage (archive).
HEALTH CARE
Up-to-date count of available hospital beds, etc. in the State (the Detroit area is "Section 2, North and South.")(government website)
State of affairs May 5 - about half as many hospitalized cases and ICU cases as on April 12 (archive).
Detroit field hospital, capacity 1,000, closed. Never had many more than 20 at any time. (archive, May 7).
The state is going to add "probable" deaths from Coronavirus to our death tolls. (archive - May 20)
LAW AND ORDER
Detroit shootings up, but most other crime down (archive - April 30); Muskegon police report crime is up (archive).
The police cannot, at present, pull drivers over simply for being out during the shutdown (archive). Multiple sherrifs from the rural north to Detroit suburbs have stated they will not be enforcing or not strictly enforcing parts or the entirety of the order (archive). An increasing number of businesses are quietly ignoring or publicy defying the shut-down orders.
OFFICIAL DEATH TOLL
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reviews deaths and adds overlooked cases to the count three days a week: Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Recovery counts are updated on Saturdays.
MDHHS said:Regular reviews of death certificate data maintained in Vital Records reporting systems are conducted by MDHHS staff three times per week. As a part of this process, records that identify COVID-19 infection as a contributing factor to death are compared against all laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Michigan Disease Surveillance System (MDSS). If a death certificate is matched to a confirmed COVID-19 case and that record in the MDSS does not indicate the individual died, the MDSS record is updated to indicate the death and the appropriate local health department is notified. These matched deaths are then included with mortality information posted to the Michigan Coronavirus website.
Detroit Metro (pop. 3,860,000 total; 1,796/sq. mi.; 694/sq km):*
34,558 confirmed / 4,097 dead
34,485 confirmed / 4,092 dead yesterday
(i.e. 5 new deaths, down 9 from this day last week)
Normal Detroit Metro Death Rate: 104 per day.**
Other Michigan (6,120,000; 65/sq. mi.; 25/sq km):
20,323 confirmed / 1,143 dead
20,194 confirmed / 1,136 dead yesterday
(i.e. 7 new deaths, down 3 from this day last week)
Normal not-Detroit Death Rate: 167 per day**
All Michigan (9,990,000; 103/sq. mi.; 40/sq km):
54,881 confirmed / 5,240 dead
54,679 confirmed / 5,228 dead yesterday
(i.e. 12 new deaths, down 12 from this day last week)
Normal Michigan Death Rate: 271 per day.**
Death toll doubled since: April 20.
We were locked down from: March 24 (until
Masks have been mandatory in stores since: April 27 (until April 30?).
Detroit Metro Daily Deaths Last Seven Days:
77*** / 26 / 22*** / 13 / 50*** / -1^ / 6 = 218***
State Government site, daily - today's archive;
State Gov site, total, includes breakdowns by sex, age, race and ethnicity - today's archive.
*Here defined as the City of Detroit, and Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne Counties, minus state and federal prisoners, who are not counted towards any county's cases, but are kept in categories of their own.
** As of 2018.
*** 43, 31, and 44 statewide deaths, respectively, were added on these days upon State review. Presumably most were in Detroit, but I don't know exactly how many.
^ 4 deaths were subtracted from Detroit City's total, and 3 deaths reported elsewhere in the tri-county.
One Ann Arbor man allegedly killed by his roommate in a Corona-related dispute (archive). The suspect has been released from custody while the investigation continues (archive).
One Flint security guard allegedly murdered for telling a woman that her daughter needed to wear a mask in a dollar store. Multiple suspects are in custody (archive, A&N thread).
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