PUBLIC PARTICIPATION CORNERSTONE OF GMA
July 11, 2026 letter to Whatcom County Council: While there is much so-called 'affordable housing' propaganda supplied to you by real estate lobbyists, that is peripheral to your core responsibility to ensure that the cornerstone of Growth Management--public participation--is not destroyed in the process. While you might try to hide behind the fact that you don't determine the content of city plans, you do have authority and responsibility to protect public water systems from harm by non-compliant jurisdictions, such as the City of Blaine, and to likewise protect participating citizens from harm for challenging unlawful city plans. The SENATOR SHEWMAKE ETHICS COMPLAINT VIDEO explains why this is important--right here, right now.