19 Apr 2021 Democrat Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer traveled to Florida one month ago for personal reasons, MIRS News reported Monday. MIRS News reported: MIRS that Whitmer’s father, Richard Whitmer, has a home in Florida. “Her dad was fully vaccinated, and the governor is tested regularly and has never tested positive for COVID,” Brown told MIRS, noting the governor traveled at her own expense and that utilized no state resources. … Brown said Gov. Whitmer wasn’t on spring break but was assisting “her elderly father who is battling a chronic illness.” Richard Whitmer, a former chief executive of Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan insurance, collected $1.547 million in compensation in 2002, according to a 2003 MIRS story.