BLAINE MAYOR INCITING VIGILANTISM
June 12 letter to EPA External Civil Rights Division: The Washington Criminal Justice Training Commission is presently investigating Blaine Police Department for retaliatory policing against me and two others, who are since November 4, 2025 under civil protection orders from Whatcom District Court, after we received a death threat on October 13, 2025 from David Brudvik, a supporter of Blaine Mayor Mary Lou Steward, whom we criticized for allowing self-dealing by Blaine public officials. Blaine Chief of Police Rodger Funk testified in court on behalf of Brudvik, and Mayor Steward cheered Brudvik's Facebook video of the threat Judge Angela Anderson ruled a true threat to murder us, and attended court to show support for him. At the June 8, 2026 Blaine City Council meeting, Mayor Steward demonized us for our open government activism against self-inurement by three Blaine officials, and Blaine Chief of Police Rodger Funk accused us of being "vexatious." Then, Mayor Steward...