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With only three days until election day, the “Yes to F – Housing for All” campaign is making every effort to ensure a victory at the polls.

In the latest round of glossy emails, the Yes on F campaign used a half-dozen out-of-context quotes from disgruntled Old Town and Downtown business owners as ostensible endorsements of the ballot measure. However, most of the quotes printed in the email came from public comments at a Eureka City Council meeting held more than two years ago, long before any version of Measure F was made public.

Humboldt Bay Coffee Company owner Luci Ramirez agreed Instagram and Facebook on Friday to call out the “Yes on F” campaign for using something he said “about a very specific topic … that affected (her) employees” at a February 2022 Eureka Council meeting for “political gain”.

The “specific issue” Ramirez was referring to had to do with parking limitations in Old Town, but she said the issue was resolved when the city began offering parking permits to people. “(It) changed the game,” she said. “Employees no longer have to play musical machines every 2 hours.”

Ramirez also said she was “never contacted about the measure” by the Yes on F campaign, adding that she “would never have supported it.”

The “Yes on F” campaign also used an out-of-context quote from Gregg Gehr, executive director of the Northern California Indian Development Council and managing partner of Carson Block Building Property, in a recent study. press release. His quote, from another The meeting of the municipal council in February 2022states: “(This) will have a devastating effect on the economy, business services, retail businesses, residents and the general public in the use of the Old Town and downtown area that we have worked so hard to restore,” although not specific. what is “this”.

Reached for comment via text message, Gehr said Outpost that he was on the Eureka Main Street board at the time and that the group spoke out against the city’s plans to turn the two parking lots behind Lost Coast Brewery into Center of the Eartha mass transit hub and housing development.

Asked if he supports Measure F, Gehr said, “I can only speak as myself, not as an official representative of the corporation, but I think the slogan I’ve seen around town really says it all — “it’s confusing for a reason. .’”

The Outpost emailed Yes on F spokeswoman Gail Rhymer for further comment on the issue. We’ll update this post if we hear back.

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We have links to previous coverage of Measure F in this post. To read the official arguments for and against the measure, as well as the Eureka City Attorney’s unbiased analysis, click here. Election day is November 5.

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