A quote by Kate Brown in a recent story about restaurants tells you everything you need to know about Kate Brown, her ego, her thin skin, and her complete and total inability to have a single ounce of compassion for people struggling to survive under her tyrannical rule.

As we have documented here before Kate considers her authority to be unquestionable, and any questioning is purely selfish, because her edicts are always correct. In a recent AP story about restaurants that are opening up to try to survive in th face of Kate's destructive orders Kate basically says that the movement to re-open is "purely political"

Brown, who currently prohibits indoor dining in 26 of Oregon's 36 counties, called the move to reopen irresponsible and said it could lead to a spike in infections and deaths. She accused local leaders backing the movement of willfully misleading their communities for political reasons.

In other words, these restaurants, that have been getting killed off en masse, wanting to open so that they can do silly, stupid things like pay bills, feed their families, and pay employees so they can do the same, is pure politics, designed to make her look bad.

And of course, in true dictatorial fashion, Kate will not stand to be questioned, and will send her OSHA jackboots to crush any resistance.

In addition to fines, Brown has threatened to pull liquor licenses and ban slot machines at restaurants that won’t stay closed. State inspectors have assembled a priority list of establishments to visit with the goal of stopping the “vocal minority” of owners before the defiance broadens, said Aaron Corvin, spokesman for the Oregon Occupational Health and Safety Administration.

Even the AP writer couldn't resist taking her shots at these restaurant owners:

Indoor dining has been banned in much of Oregon for nearly two months, but the eatery 20 miles southeast of Portland was doing a booming business — and an illegal one. The restaurant's owners, Bryan and Liz Mitchell, fully reopened Jan. 1 in defiance of Democratic Gov. Kate Brown's COVID-19 indoor dining ban in their county despite the risk of heavy fines and surging coronavirus cases.

Note the emphasis on running an "illegal" business, and how they are doing it "in defiance" of Comrade Kate's orders. Subtle, but definitely there.

What's so sad about all this is that with Kate's ego and cowardice making her decisions for her, Oregonians are being destroyed left and right.