Blaine Confidential

The one tenth of one percent of Blaine citizens who correspond with county, state, and federal agencies to return the rule of law to Blaine can't do it alone.  Those who are now learning what happened over the last six months--when the real estate industry took over our city government with help from The Northern Light--need to become involved in making our community a place where we can disagree with the mayor without receiving death threats and police retaliation . In the United States, we have the right to hold her accountable for criminal misconduct by Blaine officials. The downtown public assets give away and denial of our civil rights  by Blaine City Manager Mike Harmon--because we oppose self-dealing by Blaine officials--must be stopped if we want to end criminal enterprise at city hall. Complaining to the criminals won't do it. Complaining to those who can investigate and prosecute them might. For starters, contact  Whatcom County Prosecutor   Eric Richey....

April 17 letter to Whatcom County Prosecutor: Dear Prosecutor Richey, I have not heard further from your office since your April 10, 2026 reply regarding my March 31 formal request to you to refer the Blaine Councilwoman Sarbjit Bains  self-dealing  matter (see attached letter to you) to the Washington Attorney General. This matter is of urgent importance, as Central Business District landlords, businesses, and residents of Blaine are drastically affected by the unlawful suspension of the Blaine Municipal Code to benefit downtown developers, including Mrs. Bains and her husband, Gurdeep. Your apparent stalling on upholding the law is causing significant harm. I would hope that your apparent reluctance to refer this for AG investigation and prosecution is not due to Whatcom District Court Judge Angela Anderson overruling you on November 4, 2025 and issuing civil protection orders for me and my associates. While we are grateful to Judge Anderson for protecting us from a convicte...

Blaine has become a community of the depraved and the deprived . Depraved city officials working on behalf of the real estate industry have deprived the elderly on fixed incomes and those living in poverty (13.1%) of any voice in planning Blaine's future. The insatiable greed of the developers and realtors in Blaine is propelling the city toward municipal bankruptcy, due to already unfolding environmental impacts of unrestricted growth, as I warned city officials repeatedly.  The cumulative effect of Blaine's ghastly mismanagement by city manager Mike Harmon, combined with Harmon's propensity to defame--even demonize--open government activists who demand civic reform in order for the city to comply with state and federal law, is severe municipal dysfunction . This dysfunction will ultimately lead to resolution in federal court, once state and federal agencies intervene to reestablish civil rights and the rule of law in our community.

I am a low-income senior and   open government   advocate who just filed a civil rights complaint with the EPA against the City of Blaine for threatening legal action against our group  Water Planning Matters , in retaliation for our adjudication request for a   declaratory order   from the Washington Department of Health, to prevent contamination of our public water system that provides drinking water to the 17,000 residents of Blaine and Birch Bay.  I also filed a complaint with the Washington State Auditor regarding widespread misconduct by Blaine officials--including  self-dealing  and supporting  death threats  against Water Planning Matters leaders. Municipal corruption is exemplified by the current city proposal to  eliminate civic participation, public scrutiny, and government transparency  for city environmental decisions. These  Title 17 SEPA Zoning Text Amendments  to the Blaine Municipal Code vio...

April 15 letter to Whatcom County Planning Commission: On the eve of adoption of the 10-year update to the Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan, the City of Blaine planning department (Community Development Services) is attempting to  eliminate civic participation, public scrutiny, and government transparency  for city environmental decisions. The Whatcom County Planning Commission is in a position to reject these unconstitutional SEPA Zoning Text Amendments to the Blaine Municipal Code, which violate the civil right of low-income citizens of Blaine to challenge harmful decisions without paying $5,000 up front. https://www.ci.blaine.wa.us/DocumentCenter/View/23743/RFCA---Ord-26-3043-Downtown-Interim-Ordinance https://www.ci.blaine.wa.us/1064/Title-17---Permit-Process-and-SEPA-Zonin

From: Jay Taber 715 G St #22 Blaine, WA 98230 (360) 371-4387 tbarj@yahoo.com To: EPA Office of External Civil Rights Compliance (OECRC) Date: April 13, 2026 Re: Title VI Complaint – Blaine SEPA/Public Participation I am filing this complaint under Title VI (42 U.S.C. §2000d) and EPA’s civil rights regulations (40 C.F.R. Part 7), on behalf of myself and similarly affected residents. I am a Blaine  open government  and environmental advocate with Water Planning Matters documenting  risks to our drinking water , and a party of record in City of Blaine land-use proceedings. The respondent is the City of Blaine, WA, which receives EPA financial assistance, including funding related to water and environmental programs. I allege that Blaine’s proposed land-use code amendments ( Ordinance 26-3043 ) have a discriminatory effect on protected classes and deny meaningful participation in federally assisted programs.  Watch  The Anatomy of Exclusion   video from Water P...