Bar Where Whitmer Violated Her Own COVID Protocols Won't Be Fined

By now, you have probably heard about Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's visit to an East Lansing restaurant and bar over the weekend with some of her friends. Social distancing and mask guidelines that her office had put in place were completely ignored by Whitmer's party.

None of them will face any sort of consequences for breaking those protocols. Why? Because Whitmer "made a mistake" by breaking the restrictions, of course. Granted, she then made changes to those restrictions almost immediately after getting caught, but that shouldn't come as a surprise.

Neither should this next bit of news.

The Landshark, the bar and grill that Whitmer visited, will not be facing any fines, citations or consequences for allowing the party to go completely unchecked. Ingham County Health Officer Linda Vail did say Tuesday that the restaurant got a stern talking to, however.

"We did have a conversation with The Landshark (Bar & Grill), as environmental health always will," Vail said, via the Detroit Free Press. "Enforcement, including enforcement of COVID-related orders, is always a step-wise kind of function. So we don't jump to issuing violations and fining people and that sort of thing.

"We go in, we have conversations, we correct, we get the owner to recognize what's going on and say, 'Yep, I understand that — not going to do it anymore.' That has happened. That conversation has occurred, and that is typically what we do.