Hood River County Commission Chair Mike Oates said he wasn’t surprised by Oregon Governor Kate Brown’s decision to put a pause on approving applications for further reopening on hold for seven days, leaving Hood River County’s application to move to Phase 2 in limbo, but he also didn’t feel it was fair.  Oates said he cast the deciding vote on the Commission to not seek the Phase 2 designation last week to make sure the County had the contact tracing in place to handle the Duckwall Fruit COVID-19 outbreak, and when he voted to proceed on Monday he felt the County was ready to go, noting Brown calling it a “pause” is a generic statement.  Brown said at a press conference Friday that a noticeable increase in COVID-19 infections was cause for concern and she wanted to give state public health experts time to assess what factors are driving the spread of the virus and determine if there needs to be an adjustment in the approach to reopening.