UPDATE, SUNDAY MORNING: The final phase of the Yes on F campaign continues in troll mode, as supporters of Measure F go into the archive to extract out-of-context quotes from those who do not support the initiative to imply that in reality are supporters of the initiative… or they should be!

This time Roy Gómez, whose bid for Third District Supervisor failed spectacularly in the spring, is using Facebook to attempt a understood! about Eureka Mayor Kim Bergel:

Of course, not everyone who lives in a place lives there with a family. Not to be a fool.

—Hank Sims

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With just three days until Election Day, the “Yes on F – Housing for All” campaign is doing everything it can to ensure a victory at the polls.

In its latest round of glossy mailers, the “Yes on F” campaign used a half-dozen out-of-context quotes from disgruntled Old Town and downtown business owners as apparent endorsement of the ballot measure. However, most of the quotes printed in the mailer come from public comments at a Eureka City Council meeting that took place more than two years ago, long before any version of Measure F was made public.

Luci Ramírez, owner of Humboldt Bay Coffee Company, decided instagram and Facebook on Friday to call out the “Yes on F” campaign for using something she said “about a very specific issue…that affected (their) employees” in a February 2022 Eureka Council meeting for “political benefit.”

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

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

The “Yes on F” campaign also used an out-of-context quote from Greg Gehr, executive director of the Northern California Indian Development Council and managing partner of Carson Block Building Property, in a recent Press release. Your date, from another February 2022 Town Hall Meetingstates: “(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 city center that we work so hard to restore”, although not specifies what “this” is.

Gehr, contacted for comment via text message, told the Advanced that he was on the Eureka Main Street board of directors at the time and that the group was speaking out against the city’s plans to convert the two parking lots behind the Lost Coast Brewery into the EARTH Centera hub for public transportation and housing development.

When asked if he supported 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’. .'”

He Advanced emailed “Yes on F” spokesperson Gail Rymer for additional comment on the matter. We will update this post if we receive a response.

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

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PREVIOUSLY:

• Election battles, lawsuits and an angry millionaire: CalMatters on the Eureka parking wars
• Security National has spent $710,645 and has Measure F, the ‘Housing for All’ initiative
• Eureka City Schools’ deal with mystery developer for Jacobs campus is dead
• Anonymous AMG Communities confirms death of Jacobs campus deal and vows to try again after election results
• Security National just allocated another $286,000 to Measure F, bringing its total spending to nearly $1 million
• How will the collapse of the Jacobs campus agreement affect Measure F? It won’t, sponsors insist.
• What’s next for the Jacobs campus? Eureka City Schools Board of Directors to consider five options at Thursday meeting
• Humboldt Progressive Democrats Endorse Candidates in Arcata and Eureka City Council Races and Urge Votes “No” on Measure F
• Measure F Could Wreak Legal and Financial Havoc in Eureka, California Housing Defense Fund Warns
• At $1.15 million from Security National, Measure F is now the most expensive ballot initiative in Eureka history
• THE ECONEWS REPORT: What happens if Measure F passes?
• The Measure F campaign called him a criminal and a cheat. He has a different story to tell.
• GUEST OPINION: It’s unfair that media coverage doesn’t note that Measure F would easily solve all of Eureka’s most pressing problems, including housing, parking and the economy
• How the Measure F campaign is going
• Several dozen ‘Housing for All’ signs are illegally posted on city telephone poles over the weekend
• Would Measure F really preserve parking in downtown Eureka? No, state law would override it, staff say