Solar Panels for You, But None for Gov. Whitmer

Michigan’s jet-setting international queen of travel, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, once again pissed off taxpayers by showing up in Italy in February after conveniently scheduling a “trade mission” which culminated in a social media video of her at the Olympics.

This came on the heels of her hitting Switzerland not even a month earlier for the World Economic Forum, labeled as an “investment mission.”

With all the private flights and a review of public records, it seems like Whitmer doesn’t give a hoot about her own carbon footprint and off-setting her energy with renewables.

Whitmer and her husband are nowhere near the ruinous energy projects she’s forcing on the rest of the state. Whitmer signed Public Acts 229, 231, 233, 234, and 235 in 2023.

Together, the laws state that Michigan must be 100% green by 2040 and will use solar, wind, and whatever else they come up with in order to fit this agenda.

What I’ve come to find out is PA 233 strips power away from local municipalities so utilities can use land for solar farms in windmills.

So while the Governor is nowhere to be found stateside as she spends our money overseas like she hit the Club Keno jackpot, our communities have been stripped of local power and will be filled with solar and windfarms. And there’s nothing we can do about it.

But do the properties that Whitmer and her husband own have solar panels? Windmills? What about the Governor’s Mansion in Lansing or the summer cottage on Mackinac Island? Surely they’ve cut down some trees on their land in order to help the green energy cause, right?

Wrong.

Along with Google Maps, I have a very handy app that I use for hunting that gives me names of property owners in every state. Its main purpose is to make sure I don’t trespass on people’s land while I track down deer, and it gives aerial views of the land and property lines.

So I began on Google. Sure enough, the 10,300-square-foot Governors Mansion in Lansing actually has rooftop solar panels! But wait… they were installed in 2009 during the Granholm administration.

Gov. Jennifer Granholm told reporters when the panels were installed that they would save just $300 a year in electrical costs, nowhere near covering energy costs for the massive house.

One thing I forgot to mention is that Whitmer said back in 2021 that all Michigan-owned facilities must be 100% renewable energy by 2025. Isn’t this a Michigan-owned facility? It’s 2026!

The Governors Mansion which also sits on a lovely 4-acre parcel covered with trees and green grass. The state has no problem ripping up usable farm land and forests for solar and wind under PA 233, so why hasn’t the governor made any steps to place solar panels in her backyard?

She’d only need about 80 panels plus a massive battery backup to power the entire home by solar, if it’s a sunny year, of course. Lansing, not known for being too sunny, would likely require up to 100 panels to power the home year-round to fit the initiative.

Even nearby Frances Park could be a wonderful location for panels, as it has plenty of open space with green grass. But no, people just love going there to enjoy nature. How antiquated.

The Governor’s Summer Residence on Mackinac Island is another historic home. It’s around 7,100 square feet and was built in 1902. Being three hours north of Lansing and in the most northern point of Lake Huron, this home would likely require around 100 panels in order to be green, not to mention a massive battery backup.

Any panels on the roof in Mackinac? Nada. Anything on the property? Of course not! You can’t ruin that wonderful view.

She has no problem, however, destroying the property value of my aunt's third-generation farm in Vevay Township with a 900-acre solar field.

So this is when I busted out my hunting app and checked in on everyone’s favorite prankster, Dr. Marc Mallory. For those who need a refresher, Dr. Mallory was the guy who “jokingly” used his wife’s governor status to try and get to the front of the line during Covid so he could get his boat in the water during Memorial Day weekend in 2021.

This was a time when Whitmer had shut down Michigan and wouldn’t even allow citizens to travel, yet Dr. Mallory magically made it up to their cottage off Birch Lake with no issues.

Well, wouldn’t you know it? No solar on the roof of that home, and no solar panels on the property. I can't believe it!

The last piece of land owned by Michigan’s First Gentleman and Gov. Whitmer is located in Kent County and is an undeveloped, 3-acre piece of land lush with trees and a water source.

This property is surrounded by new home builds, but the property owned by Whitmer and her husband remain untouched.

In fact, when looking for large, mass-scale solar projects, there isn’t anything planned in the near vicinity. The closest project I was able to locate is 35 miles northeast in Palo.

Instead they’ll keep trying to use our state land, like when they tried to take the 420 acres of forest land in Otsego County.

There probably won’t be any green energy projects near properties the liberal elites, like jet-setting Gretch, own. After all, we wouldn’t want their property values and pristine views ruined forever.