Blaine Confidential

March 28 letter to Blaine City Council: Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451, wrote dystopian novels where fire departments burn books. Bradbury would have had a field day in Blaine, where  police intimidate citizens speaking out against self-dealing  by Blaine officials, like Councilwoman Sarbjit Bains, who on March 9, 2026, unlawfully  voted to enrich herself  by rezoning her family's four commercial properties downtown.  Blaine City Council's  decision to support police misconduct  and thuggery by Blaine City Manager Mike Harmon will end up costing the city much more than the roughly half a million dollars it wasted on lawyers to tell them how to get away with breaking the law over the last two years. Violating the constitutional rights of citizen whistleblowers is much more serious than routine municipal corruption by Blaine officials Mike Hill, Sam Randhawa, Sarbjit Bains, Mike Harmon, and Rodger Funk; it will spell the end of Harmon's public ca...

Fighting the twin evils of municipal corruption and media coverup in Blaine requires fortitude, and money. Now that The Northern Light is trying to get us killed for being responsible citizens in an irresponsible city, this fight will end up in federal court. Kari Mar will pay for her neglect.

When The Northern Light news incites murder against open government activists for holding the city manager and chief of police accountable, who can these law-abiding citizens call for help? Not the police. Not the county prosecutor. Not the state attorney general. We tried all that. Looks like federal court is the only way of ending criminal enterprise at Blaine City Hall.

Blaine City Manager Mike Harmon and The Northern Light publisher Kari Mar are apparently trying to get Donna McGaffic murdered. Demonizing her and other activists holding Harmon and Mar accountable is tantamount to inciting murder. Harmon and Mar will pay for this betrayal of public trust.

The March 26, 2026  article in The Northern Light   identifies me as a member of Save Blaine, which I have never been. I was a member of Blaine Water Coalition speakers bureau, as noted on my June 25, 2025  Blaine City Council application . I explained all this in January to the new publisher, Kari Mar. In 2023, prior to my involvement, Save Blaine called out Blaine Mayor Mary Lou Steward for allowing self-dealing by Councilman Mike Hill, in violation of the  Blaine City Council Rules of Procedure : Rule 22 Each member present shall vote on all questions put to the City Council except on matters in which he or she has been disqualified for a  conflict of interest  or under the appearance of fairness doctrine. Such member shall disqualify himself or herself prior to any discussion of the matter and shall leave the City Council Chambers. Rule 29 Councilmembers should recognize that the Appearance of Fairness Doctrine does not require that a conflict of intere...

Kari Mar, publisher of The Northern Light news, knowingly protects Blaine officials involved in violating our constitutional rights, while censoring our letters to the editor. Her editor and reporter are out of control --apparently trying to get us killed--and Mar is going to end up a defendant when we go to federal court if she doesn't shape up quick. Learn more at USUAL SUSPECTS .