20 May 2021
Dishonesty and hypocrisy surrounding Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s (D) secret “personal” trip to Florida are threatening the one-time rising star’s political future.
Like other Democrat governors, Whitmer opted to impose harsh restrictions in an attempt to deal with the coronavirus in 2020. After a spike in cases towards the end of the year, she reimposed many orders through her Department of Health and Human Services after her executive orders were ruled unconstitutional in October.
In early April 2021, as coronavirus variants were growing around the country, Whitmer warned Michiganders not to go to Florida for spring break.
But what she did not say at the time was that on a Friday morning, March 12, the governor who previously was on Joe Biden’s shortlist for vice president, took an unannounced trip to Florida for four days. She returned Monday evening, March 15. Whitmer was not fully vaccinated against Covid-19 at the time of the trip.
Bobby Ferguson, friend of Kwame Kilpatrick granted early release from prison
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Bobby Ferguson, who was sentenced to a 21-year prison term was released after only serving just eight years.
DETROIT - The contractor who went to federal prison for helping former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick create a criminal enterprise years ago was just released by a judge.
Bobby Ferguson, who was sentenced to a 21-year prison term was released after only serving just eight years.
He was let out on compassionate grounds by a federal judge only three months after Kilpatrick had his 28-year prison sentence commuted by former President Donald Trump.
Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s co-conspirator Bobby Ferguson granted ‘compassionate release’ from prison
Updated Apr 29, 2021;
Posted Apr 29, 2021
FILE - In this March 11, 2013, file photo, Bobby Ferguson, a friend of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, leaves federal court after being found guilty, in Detroit. Ferguson, a Detroit contractor who got millions of dollars of city work through extortion will be released early from prison, a judge said Thursday, April 29, 2021, partly because a corrupt former mayor was granted an extraordinary break by President Donald Trump. It would be inequitable to keep Ferguson behind bars after Trump shortened the sentence of ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, his longtime partner in crime, U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds said. (David Coates/Detroit News via AP, File) APAP
Rick Wershe reacts to Kwame Kilpatrick s release
Rick Wershe, also known as White Boy Rick, a free man for months now is known as Michiganâs longest-serving non-violent offender.
Posted at 7:40 PM, Jan 21, 2021
and last updated 2021-01-21 19:40:26-05
(WXYZ) â Rick Wershe, also known as White Boy Rick, a free man for months now is known as Michiganâs longest-serving non-violent offender.
Heâs weighing in on the early prison release of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.
Wershe was a teenager when he went to prison for more than 32 years for a non-violent crime. Now, an advocate for prison reform, he says Kilpatrick deserved to be set free.