Blaine Confidential

Ferndale Police Department conspired with Blaine Chief of Police Rodger Funk to frame and defame  Water Planning Matters open government activists for "harassment"  of Blaine City Council. This so-called harassment consisted of  demanding public records and holding the city government accountable  to state and federal laws. Ferndale Police Department knowingly covered up felonies by Blaine officials, never even looking at our public documents proving perjury, self-dealing and fraud. FPD was simply out to get us in retaliation for filing a complaint against Blaine Chief of Police Rodger Funk with the WA Criminal Justice Training Commission. Ferndale Police Officers contributing to the defamatory FPD report (Case No. 25F9556) at the request of Blaine Chief of Police Rodger Funk were reportedly as follows: Travis Card, Kevin Davis, Michael Healey, Matt Huffman (Ferndale Chief of Police), Kyle Olivarez and Josh Scott. Blaine Police Officers helping frame open governme...

Immediately after receiving death threats from David Brudvik at the October 13, 2025 Blaine City Council meeting, four open government activists from Water Planning Matters filed police reports with Blaine Police Department. At the time, Blaine Chief of Police Rodger Funk had a pending criminal complaint against him by one of the four for previous misconduct, and thus should have referred the case to the Washington State Patrol to avoid this conflict of interest.  Instead, Chief Funk retained control of the investigation , and recommended to Whatcom County Prosecutor Eric Richey that he not bring charges against Brudvik. On November 4, 2025, Chief Funk voluntarily testified in Whatcom District Court on behalf of Brudvik, a convicted violent felon who spent 30 months in prison for two drive-by shootings.  The misconduct by Blaine Police Chief Rodger Funk is ample ground for revoking his certification as a law enforcement officer. Retaliatory policing should never be tolera...

The same law firm that provides Blaine city attorney Peter Ruffatto also provided attorneys to fight the  Water Planning Matters   State Environmental Policy Act  (SEPA) appeal against the Avista at Birch Point planned unit development, which the city expedited by issuing a fraudulent SEPA determination and Critical Area determination.  In 2024-25, former councilman and lifelong Blaine resident Mike Hill--owner of Chevron, Starbuck's, Blaine Visitor's Center, and Bordertown Mexican Grill--voted in violation of the state  Ethics in Public Service Act  and the Blaine Municipal Code to increase the value of his commercial properties in the Central Business District. No attempt was made by the mayor or other council members to stop this criminal self-dealing by a public official. On October 13, 2025, Hill organized a 'lynch mob' to support  David Brudvik's death threats  against Water Planning Matters leaders at the Blaine City Council meeting, and ne...

On January 19, 2026, Blaine City Councilman Jiggy Sorrell tried to follow the daughter of one of the open government activists threatened by his friend David Brudvik on October 13 at city hall. Protection orders and surrender of firearms were issued by Whatcom District Court Judge Angela Anderson against Brudvik on November 4.  In his post-threats Facebook message to Brudvik,   Sorrell said,   "Thanks, David, for standing up for what's right...We need more community members like you, well-informed and willing to speak up..." Immediately after Brudvik's death threats, former councilman Mike Hill--who organized a mob to support Brudvik at the town hall--and developer Skip Jansen greeted Brudvik with congratulatory handshakes. 

[My January 19, 2026 complaint to Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission (CJTC), which has the authority to suspend or revoke certification of law enforcement officers. Documents for  my CJTC report # P-20260119-00002 were  submitted separately as attachments. This complaint illustrates selective and retaliatory policing, as well as severe deprivation of equal protection, and reckless disregard for human life by Blaine Chief of Police Rodger Funk.] "On November 4, 2025, Blaine WA Chief of Police Rodger Funk voluntarily testified on behalf of convicted violent felon David Brudvik in Whatcom District Court, where Judge Angela Anderson issued protection orders and surrender of firearms against Mr. Brudvik for threatening to murder four open government activists, including myself, for requesting public records that revealed perjury, self-dealing, and fraud by Blaine officials. https://www.thenorthernlight.com/stories/judge-denies-request-for-protection-order-recons...

January 18 letter to Blaine City Council: The January 15, 2026 request for proposals to overhaul Blaine's land use codes (see below) reminds me of the  Freeman Real Estate Scandal  when on March 13, 2025 Freeman Realty listing agent and city planning commissioner Sam Randhawa committed perjury and self-dealing voting himself a $50K windfall by rezoning two properties to benefit his clients (see attached).  Request for Proposals to Simplify Land Use Codes City of Blaine seeks to solicit proposals to simplify its code and reduce overly burdensome regulations related to land use and development.  Affordable housing is needed in Blaine and often government regulations add unnecessary costs to construction and development.  Blaine seeks a professional third party to complete a comprehensive review of its land uses and development codes, as well as the standards and specifications for development construction for unnecessary, duplicative, or other overly bur...