A complaint filed with Washington’s Public Disclosure Commission accuses Vancouver City Council candidate Pooneh Gray of violating a state law regulating false claims in political advertising.

Vancouver resident Anthony Vendetti, who served on the 2021 Clark County Charter Review Commission with Gray’s opponent, Vancouver City Councilor Kim Harless, filed the PDC complaint Oct. 15 against Gray.

Vendetti said he felt compelled to file the complaint after seeing a post on Gray’s social media sites that seemed to contain false statements about Harless.

“Folks are taking an interest in local politics,” Vendetti said. “I want them to know who they’re voting for and to look beyond the ads.”

In an Oct. 10 Facebook post attached to Vendetti’s PDC complaint, Gray’s campaign references an e

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