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Governor Inslee recently advised a 14-day quarantine for travelers moving through the state, and strongly hinted that there might be more regulations coming soon. That hint may have the potential to cause stress for business owners and employees already struggling and uncertain of just what those regulations will be.

A 成人X站 listener named Kathy wrote into Seattle鈥檚 Morning News to express her frustration with the manner in which Inslee is handling this.

鈥淲atched our Governor and his wife last night and I wonder if he realizes the stress he added to the lives of Washingtonians with his message. He slipped in a 鈥榤ore regulations will be coming early next week鈥� and now we all have to sit and wait and worry as to what they might be. We own/operate a restaurant and now are left wondering if the 鈥榥ew regulations鈥� will mean another closure for us,鈥� she wrote.

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As the owner of a restaurant, she says wondering what these new regulations are going be, and how they鈥檒l be able to, if at all, adjust to them with very little notice.

鈥淚n March, he provided us 24 hours notice that we needed to shut down. Does he know we have to place a food order days in advance so 24 hours meant wasted food and extra expense as well as the immediate lay off of most of our outstanding staff? And think of the amazing stress and worry his 鈥榳arning鈥� yesterday caused our 45+ employees and their families. Will they have a job next week? If they don鈥檛, how will they handle Christmas expenses for their lovely families? We didn鈥檛 sleep last night and I imagine many of them didn鈥檛 either,鈥� she wrote.

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Like many other small business owners have said, Kathy is concerned that Inslee is not applying these regulations consistently and allowing bigger businesses and stores to remain open while small ones can鈥檛, thereby siphoning off their business.

鈥淎nd on this note, if Inslee shuts down any part of businesses in the state, he must do it consistently and not allow big businesses (Costco, Walmart and particularly Amazon) to flourish while small businesses sit closed and suffering,鈥� she said.

鈥淲hy can Costco sell a laptop but a small computer store must close? Why can Walmart sell craft supplies but Ben Franklin (a family owned craft store) must close?鈥�

成人X站 Radio鈥檚 Colleen O鈥橞rien understood the sentiment in the letter, arguing that Inslee needs to stop slow-walking the information like this.

鈥淚 can only empathize with that and agree that there needs to be some equalizer. And I also agree on the point of the governor saying more restrictions are coming and giving us three days to stew on it,鈥� O鈥橞rien said. 鈥淛ust rip off the Band Aid. We’ve been doing this for nine plus months. Tell us what the restrictions are. You’re not softening the political blow or softening the blow at all by teasing ahead to Monday or Tuesday’s announcement.”

鈥淗e’s got to stop treating Washingtonians like children. Make your decision, stick with it, and let us know,鈥� 成人X站 Radio鈥檚 Chris Sullivan added.

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