Just days before vote-counting begins, both Santa Cruz mayoral candidates Ami Chen Mills and Ryan Coonerty faced criticism for recent campaign advertisements over Halloween weekend.
For Chen Mills, a volunteer-made campaign poster depicting Moses holding the Ten Commandments and men in suits and what some believed to be men in traditional Jewish clothing worshipping a golden calf prompted accusations of antisemitism. Meanwhile, a fire truck bearing a Coonerty poster inside the closed area of Pacific Avenue on Halloween raised questions about the use of a vehicle bearing the city’s name for political advertising and how it gained access to the restricted area.
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