{"id":27909,"date":"2020-12-15T07:26:11","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T12:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=27909"},"modified":"2020-12-15T08:46:46","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T13:46:46","slug":"watch-furious-ca-restaurant-owner-confronts-inspectors-issuing-citation-are-you-gonna-pay-my-rent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-furious-ca-restaurant-owner-confronts-inspectors-issuing-citation-are-you-gonna-pay-my-rent\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Furious CA Restaurant Owner Confronts Inspectors Issuing Citation: \u2018Are You Gonna Pay My Rent?\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-furious-ca-restaurant-owner-confronts-inspectors-issuing-citation-are-you-gonna-pay-my-rent%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=27909&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>After a small restaurant owner in Ventura, California, west of Los Angeles, was allegedly issued a citation for staying open after being given a closure order, the owner confronted public health inspectors with an angry, impassioned defense, asserting, \u201cI followed the rules! I continued to follow the rules and you guys still, time after time, are giving me citations \u2026 Are you gonna pay my rent?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Anton Van Happen, the owner of Nick The Greek in downtown Ventura, <a href=\"https:\/\/keyt.com\/news\/ventura-county\/2020\/12\/11\/downtown-ventura-restaurants-defying-stay-at-home-order\/\">put up signs advertising a protest<\/a>, saying, \u201cMy calling is to all the other restaurant owners to open your restaurants. If we all open up they can\u2019t do anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the video, the female inspector starts by saying to Van Happen, \u201cI understand that you\u2019re \u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then this exchange follows:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Van Happen: I followed the rules! I continued to follow the rules and you guys still, time after time, are giving me citations, telling me I have to close my business! What about my employees?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Female inspector: You\u2019re not following the rules.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Van Happen: I\u2019m not following the rules? My tables are inside. Just because the Health Department has a whole process to go through that takes however long that takes, I have to close my business for that time? Who\u2019s gonna \u2014 Are you gonna pay my rent? Are you gonna pay my rent?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Female inspector: You chose to make those decisions.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Van Happen: I chose to protest by putting my tables outside and I reiterated that. I never sold one single person outside. I did all take-out food and delivery so what exactly I was supposed to be doing. That\u2019s exactly what I did. I did not break any \u2014 and it was not even a law\u2014 I did not break any rule.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Female inspector: There is a law that you\u2019re breaking right now by operating without a permit.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Van Happen: Because you guys put this closure on my restaurant. So you guys yourselves are creating your own rule. And you\u2019re giving out citations for your own rule that\u2019s created. It\u2019s not by law that you cannot sit outside and eat; that\u2019s not law, that\u2019s a form that I was given. So you can have people that pulled your citation based on that.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Male inspector: It\u2019s already been ordered. I\u2019m not issuing a closure.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Van Happen: You guys closed me! You guys actually closed me!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Male inspector: I\u2019m not issuing a citation for closure. The restaurant is already closed. The permit has been suspended. However, your refusal to close warrants a description.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Van Happen: Because what am I going to do if I close? Are you going to pay my rent?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Male inspector: No. No. All we need to do \u2014<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Van Happen: Okay. So if you\u2019re not going to pay my rent, I\u2019m not closing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Male inspector: We need to reopen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Van Happen: If you\u2019re not going to pay my \u2014 I told you already.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Male inspector: We could have reopened today. You could\u00a0 be open right now \u2026<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>After Van Happen protests, the male inspector continues, \u201cWe missed those steps. The steps that you need to take to make sure that you can open your business. You could have \u2014 You could have reopened already.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Van Happen: How? How?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Male inspector: The steps are listed in the report that was given \u2014<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Van Happen: Which I did. I called the guy. The guy I spoke to on the phone, the supervisor, because he made a mistake, now it\u2019s on me? He made a mistake. I recorded on my phone what he said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Female inspector: He didn\u2019t make a mistake.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Van Happen: Yes, he did. He told me if I put it in writing to him on an email that I will follow the rules, that I will not put my tables for outside dining \u2026<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Are you going to pay my rent ? says owner Anton Van Happen of &#39;Nick The Greek&#39; to public health inspectors issuing him a citation for staying open after being issued a closure order. Things got tense <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9eKCiAjDaw\">pic.twitter.com\/9eKCiAjDaw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jorge Ventura Media (@VenturaReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VenturaReport\/status\/1338699357202214913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jorge Ventura Media (@VenturaReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VenturaReport\/status\/1338699357202214913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Social media users \u00a0responded passionately:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Are you going to pay my rent ? says owner Anton Van Happen of &#39;Nick The Greek&#39; to public health inspectors issuing him a citation for staying open after being issued a closure order. Things got tense <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9eKCiAjDaw\">pic.twitter.com\/9eKCiAjDaw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jorge Ventura Media (@VenturaReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VenturaReport\/status\/1338699357202214913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It\u2019s heart wrenching to watch business owners plead with government officials for their right to run a business. The American small business has been decimated. We should be showing these owners compassion and hope instead of incentivizing yet another restaurant to close down. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qk07XAdk6O\">https:\/\/t.co\/qk07XAdk6O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeghanMcCain\/status\/1338787580989616129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Government functionaries don&#39;t worry about paying rent.  You&#39;re paying their rent. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TjY56VAHJh\">https:\/\/t.co\/TjY56VAHJh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnCoulter\/status\/1338805085510447104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VenturaReport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VenturaReport<\/a> is exposing the scam in CA as the government destroys its own people <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zU4X9JZBzA\">https:\/\/t.co\/zU4X9JZBzA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; E (@ElijahSchaffer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ElijahSchaffer\/status\/1338699887119101957?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Daniel_Knauf\/status\/1338759966652416000<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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