LANSING, Michigan (PNN) - April 15, 2020 - A group of sheriffs have announced they will not enforce some of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer's executive orders relating to the COVID-19 lockdown.
Sheriffs Mike Borkovich, Ted Schendel, Ken Falk and Kim Cole of Michigan's 101st District released a press statement this afternoon detailing their decision to place their oath to the Constitution above Whitmer's demands. They want the state open for business (with proper precautions).
"We write today to inform the public for our respective counties of our opposition to some of Governor Whitmer's executive orders. While we understand her desire to protect the public, we question some restrictions that she has imposed as overstepping her executive authority," they wrote.