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OATH OF OFFICE

May 26 letter to Blaine City Council: When you swore to uphold the U.S. Constitution, there was no qualifier, such as unless it is inconvenient or more profitable to do otherwise . It's a straight up proposition. You either do or you don't.  By your action approving Ordinance 26-3043 to give the Central Business District planning and parking to developers such as Councilwoman Sarbie and her husband Gurdeep Bains, while excluding the public from the process, you clearly don't understand what you swore. On June 8, you propose to pass SEPA zoning amendments that deprive low-income residents of a voice in local governance, which violates their civil rights under the U.S. Constitution. Excluding the public from having hearings to examine the evidence on the record--without paying $7,500 to the city in order to ask questions and hold both developers and the city accountable--is the posterchild of unconstitutional municipal corruption run amok
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CROOK AND THUG ENDORSE SWINBURNSON

Whatcom County Prosecutor candidate Ryan Swinburnson has reportedly accepted endorsements from Blaine City Council members Sarbie Bains and Jiggy Sorrell. On March 9, 2026, Councilwoman Bains broke state law by voting to suspend the Blaine Municipal Code in the Central Business District to benefit developers such as herself and her husband Gurdeep. On October 13, 2025, council candidate, now Councilman Jiggy Sorrell applauded death threats against open government activists by David Brudvik, a convicted violent felon, and sent a congratulatory message to Brudvik afterward.
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GREED KILLS

May 24 letter to Blaine City Council: Given that one third of our population isn't playing with a full deck, and this is no barrier to public service, our hopes for reasonable outcomes are necessarily tempered by this unfortunate reality. Civil society is hampered by inadequate funding, while public servants serve themselves. Sustainability isn't even possible under this scenario. When you add in the ethically impaired and financially conflicted, as we have in abundance in Blaine public officials, our future is something to dread. Our utility bills are about to skyrocket to pay for utility infrastructure upgrades to subsidize developers, and Blaine Community Development Services wants you to eliminate public participation. By your actions to subsidize developers and line your own pockets, you are telling low-income seniors and others on fixed incomes that they have no place in Blaine's future, except as ratepayers to be bled dry by your greedy, self-centered ambitions.
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