Blaine Confidential

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 .

Blaine City Manager Mike Harmon--widely believed to be behind the October 13, 2025 death threats against four open government activists holding him accountable for habitual misconduct--on March 23, 2026 declared Blaine Chief of Police Rodger Funk innocent of violating the constitutional rights of these four to equal protection under the law , when Chief Funk used his department to defame and intimidate Harmon's opponents. Harmon's declaration comes at the exact moment when Chief Funk is under investigation by the Washington Criminal Justice Training Commission. Harmon's rationale is that he and Funk reviewed the public complaints against him, filed with the Commission, and decided no foul. Learn more at HARMON'S DREAM TEAM .

As readers of The Northern Light are beginning to discover, their local newspaper has been less than truthful regarding conflict at city hall between Blaine City Manager Mike Harmon, Blaine Mayor Mary Lou Steward, and citizens holding them accountable for the self-dealing by Councilman Mike Hill, Commissioner Sam Randhawa, and Councilwoman Sarbjit Bains. This conflict erupted on October 13, 2025, when a convicted violent felon--David Brudvik-- threatened to murder four citizens for holding Mayor Steward and Harmon accountable for enabling self-dealing in violation of state law. Today, in The Northern Light, is the first mention of police misconduct under Blaine Chief of Police Rodger Funk, now himself being investigated by the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission (CJTC) for violating the 14th Amendment Constitutional rights (equal protection under the law) of the four citizens seeking protection from the mayor's supporter. Three Blaine officers who were used by C...