But, this is (in my opinion) off the rails, for no reason really, other than to make me look bad for typing what I read. Nothing that I posted was WRONG.
Not trying to make you look bad, Badge. I asked what people considered unreasonable about the order--and posted a link to the order.
I think a "stay at home" order suggests that if you want to go tool around on your boat, unless you live on it, is not a valid exception to a stay at home order.
Michigan may have erred in adding sailboats to the list, but it was an exception that was tied to the outdoor physical activity exception, not because the governor just really loves sailing and hates powerboats...
Depending on the size of the sailboat and how often you're tacking and jibing, it's a helluva workout.
That can be true, but there are a lot of things that can be a workout without working out being a primary reason for the activity. So I think it's a loophole.
There is a BIG difference in not allowing vacation rentals or camping versus banning people from going to a property that they actually own, and have constitutional rights to.
Maybe so. Maybe it'll be challenged in court and the governor will lose.
You do understand the intent, though, right? The goal is to prevent unnecessary spread of disease. Rural communities with a lot of unoccupied houses probably don't have very many cases right now. A bunch of suburban Detroit folks flocking to them might change that.
I'm sure if people were being responsible, loading up their cars with all the necessary supplies for a several week stay at their vacation home, and then faithfully observing the stay-at-home restrictions once they got there, there'd probably be no reason for this part of the order. My guess, however, is that people were being dumbasses, driving out to their rural vacation home, going to 3-4 stores to get all their supplies, interacting with the locals, etc, and I'll bet the locals got pissed.