A family-owned Oregon restaurant is appealing a fine the state levied against it after it remained open for business contrary to the executive order of Gov. Kate Brown, who has banned dine-in eating. Casey’s Restaurant in Klamath Falls was fined $8,900 by a state agency, the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health, known as Oregon OSHA, which says it received 18 complaints about Casey’s. The restaurant claims to have lost about $30,000 because of restrictions on businesses in spring 2020. Co-owners Annie Patzke, Patty Barney, Michael Patzke, and Dolores Patzke wrote to OSHA stating the restaurant couldn’t afford to downgrade its offerings to take-out only. “We cannot operate our business under the restrictive guidelines of Executive Order 20-65,” they stated in a letter. “We believe these guidelines are not applied equitably or in a way that allows businesses in our industry to survive. It seems to be under the guise of …
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