UPDATE, 4 p.m.: A few moments ago, the Outpost received a very apologetic voicemail from Gail Rymer, the person who does public relations for the Yes on F campaign.
Rymer said that she was not responsible for the Facebook post described below and said that she hoped we knew that “this is not the way I do things.” Rymer said that she was talking to the people responsible for the Facebook page, and promised that the post would be removed.
And indeed it has been.
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Desperate times call for stupid measures!
Yesterday morning the Yes on F campaign sent us a guest opinion piece that called out how unfair the LoCO has been by not breathlessly pointing out all the wonderful things it will accomplish, most of which have been conclusively shown to be fantasy.
We shared their thoughts with the LoCO Faithful in a GUEST OPINION column, which we do sometimes, and gave that GUEST OPINION column a title that faithfully summarized the crux of their argument.
Well, friends, today — gasp! — the Yes on F campaign shares with its 136 Facebook fans a misleading blurb, one which suggests that the Outpost has endorsed their efforts!
You could say that this is on us. You could say: You, LoCO, you knew damn well they were a snake before you let them in. And maybe that’s fair. We wanted, too much, to believe in a world where people on opposing sides of an issue make their best-faith case for their position, and then let the public decide.
And you know what? We’ll extend the deadline on the benefit of the doubt in this instance and give Yes on F a chance to change their Facebook post. You know why? Because they know cheaters always lose. They know we can’t let a small group of sore losers undermine our democracy.
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- Ballot Battles, Lawsuits and a Ticked-Off Millionaire: CalMatters on Eureka’s Parking Lot Wars
- Security National Has Spent $710,645 and Counting on Measure F, the ‘Housing for All’ Initiative
- Eureka City Schools’ Deal With a Mystery Developer for the Jacobs Campus is Dead
- Anonymous AMG Communities Confirms Death of Jacobs Campus Deal, Vows to Try Again After Election Results
- Security National Just Dropped Another $286K Into Measure F, Bringing Its Total Spending to Nearly $1M
- How Will the Collapse of the Jacobs Campus Deal Impact Measure F? It Won’t, Backers Insist.
- What’s Next for the Jacobs Campus? The Eureka City Schools Board of Trustees Will Consider Five Options at Thursday’s Meeting
- Humboldt Progressive Democrats Endorse Candidates in Arcata, Eureka City Council Races, Urge ‘No’ Vote on Measure F
- Measure F Could Wreak Legal and Financial Havoc on Eureka, California Housing Defense Fund Warns
- With $1.15M From Security National, Measure F is Now the Most Expensive Ballot Initiative in Eureka History
- THE ECONEWS REPORT: What 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 and Parking and the Economy
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