Blaine Confidential

Confronting the goliath of Washington State bureaucracies that behave as though they are above the law, I am reminded of America's founding father, Thomas Paine--author of The Age of Reason, The Rights of Man, and Public Good. Paine's opposition to war profiteers in the Continental Congress echoes the conflict-of-interest war between citizens of Blaine and the City of Blaine. It is due to the advocacy of Paine that Americans who do not own property have the right to vote. The open government advocates opposing municipal corruption at Blaine City Hall are now fighting the state agencies that allowed it.  Paine's pamphlet Common Sense inspired the American revolution. Above all, Paine opposed hypocrisy in government, something that is always risky, but necessary in order to not lose our voices altogether.

Sometimes one is confronted by such an evil threat to the fundamental principles to which we commit ourselves when we say the pledge of allegiance that those with a conscience cannot remain silent. Some of the things to which we pledge in an often mindless rote, similar in form to nursery rhymes, are equality, free speech, and equal protection under the law. When the law itself is undermined by those who hold the highest law enforcement supervisory positions in the state government, there is no longer by definition a rule of law. Citizens attempting to protect their communities from municipal corruption and retaliatory policing thus have no one left to protect them but a federal judge.

The now six-month coverup by the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission of retaliatory policing by Blaine Police Department has corrupted the Washington State Executive Ethics Board--located in the Washington State Attorney General's office--which is neglecting its duty to uphold the U.S. Constitution, by refusing to investigate corruption at the CJTC that in 2026 violated the first amendment rights of four Blaine citizens attacked by Blaine PD for exposing corruption at Blaine City Hall.  The Washington State Legislative Ethics Board is presently investigating State Senator Sharon Shewmake's interference in the corrupt policing investigation on behalf of the perpetrating police.

[letter to Blaine City Council] All seven of you hoodlums who cheered on retaliatory policing against citizen whistleblowers for exposing your corruption--especially Councilwoman Sarbjit Bains--who voted to line her own pockets with her self-serving vote on Central Business District redevelopment, will go down in infamy, along with the fall guy, Blaine City Manager Michael Harmon. Bains was additionally allowed by Community Development Director Alex Wenger to unlawfully destroy eagle trees in the shoreline zone on her Drayton Harbor investment property.  Your Title 17 amendments violate the first amendment to the U.S. Constitution by excluding citizens from the city planning process who cannot pay the $7,500 fee you imposed for challenging city decisions--$7,500 for the right to speak to our municipal government, and to question unlawful acts by you in pursuit of higher taxes and utility fees for existing residents so you can give a free ride to unscrupulous developers at East...