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Michigan Restaurant Owner Jailed For Violating Pandemic Restrictions Says Whitmer Should Face Penalties For Flouting Her Own Rules

"I think she should face the same penalties."

Mairead Elordi
Michigan Restaurant Owner Jailed For Violating Pandemic Restrictions Says Whitmer Should Face Penalties For Flouting Her Own Rules
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A Michigan restaurant owner who was jailed for violating Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s coronavirus restrictions said Tuesday that the governor should also face the consequences after she was caught flouting her own pandemic rules.

Marlena Pavlos-Hackney, owner of Marlena’s Bistro and Pizzeria, was reportedly jailed for four nights and fined $15,000 in February for failing to comply with Michigan’s coronavirus restrictions.

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