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INVESTIGATE BLAINE COMP PLAN CORRUPTION

May 31 letter to Whatcom County Council and Planning Commission: Due to Blaine's blatant procedural and substantive non-compliance with GMA (no public participation, self-dealing land use rezones by three Blaine officials, fraud by city manager and planning director ) , the county planning commission and county council are obligated to deny Blaine's comprehensive plan . You are also obligated to respond to documented evidence of egregious municipal corruption and retaliatory policing in the development of Blaine's comprehensive plan. The county council has the authority and duty to request an investigation of Blaine by the Washington State Auditor Office and the Attorney General. You rejected Blaine's attempted annexation of Birch Point. Under GMA, you have the final say, short of court. You need to make that clear by declaring Blaine's comprehensive plan invalid , and by demanding a state investigation.
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CITIZENS ARE FEARFUL

May 28 letter to Whatcom Community Foundation: Dear Whatcom Community Foundation, Thank you for soliciting feedback on how you can help build community in Whatcom County. In Blaine, community has been destroyed, and citizens are fearful of sharing their opinions and ideas. Our local newspaper demonized open government activists opposing municipal corruption, so fear is to be expected. From 2023-26, the communities of Blaine and Birch Bay have been beset by major developers, who along with the real estate industry, have taken over Blaine's government and begun dismantling the Blaine Municipal Code to favor developers at the expense of public health and safety. Two five hundred unit developments were recently approved that threaten Birch Bay Village with flooding, as well as the viability of the Critical Aquifer Recharge Area and Blaine's public water system that serves Blaine and Birch Bay. On March 9, 2026, Blaine City Council handed over all community visioning and decision ma...
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