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HISTORY OF BLAINE VIOLATING CIVIL RIGHTS

April 7 letter to Blaine City Council: A year ago, when newly appointed Blaine City Council member Eric Lewis attended an orientation for new public officials in Washington--put on in Tacoma by the Association of Washington Cities--he asked about conflicts of interest when voting on matters in which officials have a financial stake. He was told in no uncertain terms that it is not allowed, ever. Since self-dealing is illegal, Lewis made a motion to establish a Blaine code of ethics, which was rejected by his fellow council members. Lewis asked about official conflicts of interest because he had seen evidence of self-dealing by his fellow council member Mike Hill in June and November 2024, when Hill voted to line his own pockets by amending the Blaine Municipal Code to reduce parking requirements and increase building heights downtown where he owns numerous commercial properties. Blaine Mayor Mary Lou Steward became incensed at Lewis for this, and launched an attack on him and us, culmi...
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PLEASURE ISLAND

April 2 letter to Blaine City Manager: These intoxicating days when it seems you are above the law-- bestowing special privileges  on a Canadian developer and Councilwoman Sarbjit Bains, and  violating the civil rights of Blaine citizens  holding you accountable--will soon come crashing down around you as prosecutions of Blaine officials involved in self-dealing get under way.  Watching the seven members of Blaine City Council you misled into your criminal enterprise at city hall reminds me of the Disney film  Pinocchio , in particular Pleasure Island, that is disguised as a haven for freedom and anarchy for children, but is eventually discovered to be far more sinister. To its unsuspecting visitors like  Pinocchio , Pleasure Island appears to be a fantastic haven for wayward children to do whatever they want with no consequences or law; to act as they please without fear of punishment. As Pinocchio's eventual captor remarks, "Give a bad boy enough rop...
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BLAINE TAXPAYER-FUNDED CRIMINALS

April 6 letter to Blaine City Council: Since you  funded legal costs to protect Blaine Chief of Police  Rodger Funk in the middle of a Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission investigation of Funk and three other Blaine Police Department officers for violating our civil rights, I assume you will be funding the legal defense of Blaine City Manager Mike Harmon for  using a threat of lawsuit against Water Planning Matters spokesman  Otto Pointer for contacting the WA department of Health regarding the contamination of Blaine's municipal drinking water aquifer, should Mr. Pointer be forced by your official acts to countersue Harmon and the City of Blaine in federal court.  
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WATER PLANNING MATTERS PRESS RELEASE

  https://www.waterplanningmatters.org/post/state-auditor-review-blaine-city-manager
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DESTROYING DRAYTON HARBOR OYSTER COMPANY

April 4 letter to Blaine City Council: Unlawful land use ordinances, stormwater/sewer mismanagement, and lack of shoreline code enforcement by the City of Blaine threatens the viability of Drayton Harbor Oyster Company. Human fecal bacteria in Drayton Harbor has downgraded water quality to EPA 303 Category 5--filthy. Wading or eating shellfish from Drayton Harbor is unsafe.
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IRRESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT

April 4 letter to Blaine City Council: A wise city government would do everything it can to protect public health and respect civil rights. A foolish city government thinks they are above the law, and risks public health to cash in on irresponsible development. An insane city government thinks they can institute retaliatory policing to silence all opposition to municipal corruption.
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MOTIVE AND OPPORTUNITY

April 4 letter to Blaine City Council: FALL GUY In my June 20, 2024  letter to Blaine City Council and Planning Commission  I wrote, As your unlawful land use scheme unravels city wide, and outside agencies bring the rule of law to Blaine, you will likely look for a "fall guy" to take the blame for your official misconduct. Now that City Manager Mike Harmon has gone off the rails mentally, he is the logical choice.  A year later in my May 22, 2025  letter to the city and county  I wrote, For a while, it was anybody's guess whether Blaine City Manager Mike Harmon or Blaine Community Development Services director Alex Wenger would be  the fall guy  for the City of Blaine's demise. Wenger committed fraud by falsifying environmental designations for developers and handing out permit variances to friends, but Harmon was his supervisor. Both Harmon and Wenger serve at the will of the Blaine City Council, but they are nothing more than Mayor Steward's parrots...
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