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BAINS FORFEIT OFFICE

March 31 letter to Blaine City Clerk: I have yet to receive a response to my March 15, 2026 letter to Blaine City Clerk Samuel Crawford regarding the March 9, 2026  Interim Zoning Control Ordinance  voted on by Councilwoman Sarbjit Bains. Bains' self-inurement vote that financially benefits her family's four commercial properties violates the Blaine City Council Rules of procedure, and under state law requires that she immediately forfeit her public office on the city council. Councilmember Bains did not disclose these financial interests, either her own commercial property in the affected zone or her spouse's property interests, before deliberations or the vote. She did not recuse herself. She knowingly voted in favor of legislation that directly benefits her family's financial interests. RCW 42.23.070 prohibits municipal officers from: "(1) Using his or her position to secure special privileges or exemptions for himself, herself, or others…"  By voting to...
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PRIVATIZED DOWNTOWN

Imagine the chaos of downtown Blaine when hundreds of cars belonging to the new condominium tenants occupy all on-street parking, and downtown business employees and customers are forced to park in the Salishan neighborhood. Imagine the Fourth of July or Christmas tree lighting events. If six-story condominiums are to dominate the Central Business District, the beneficiaries of this public largesse should be required to build a parking garage above our new library. But that would require that Blaine City Council serve the public interest, a very long shot at best.
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REALTORS JACKPOT

What were the odds that seven fascists would comprise the entire Blaine City Council? With the help of The Northern Light, pretty good. Barely three months into their criminal reign, they gave away public assets to a downtown Canadian developer --enriching Councilwoman Sarbjit Bains in the process--and violated the civil rights of open government activists by supporting police misconduct against them.
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LOSS OF SERENITY

While other communities join the million trees project, planting urban forests for oxygen and serenity, Blaine can't cut down its urban forests fast enough. All in pursuit of luxury home sales taxes.  
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POLICE MISCONDUCT TIMELINE

October 9, 2025  LTE from Dave Wilbrecht , (former Blaine City Manager) mirroring Jay Taber's  EXERCISE IN DECEPTION   handout at the Comprehensive Plan presentation on September 30, derailed current city manager Mike Harmon's scheme. October 13, 2025 David Brudvik, a supporter of Harmon and Mayor Steward,   issues death threats against Taber and three of his  open government  associates. October 21, 2025 Blaine Chief of Police sends BPD officers to the homes of Taber et al to intimidate them. November 4, 2025 Judge Angela Anderson issues civil protection orders for Taber et al, and surrender of two dozen firearms by Brudvik to the county sheriff. November 8, 2025 Ferndale Police Officer Richard Hart releases defamatory report against Taber et al on instructions emanating from Blaine Chief of Police Rodger Funk via Ferndale PD Chief Matt Huffman. December 5, 2025 Judge Anderson overruled Whatcom County Prosecutor and Chief Funk's testimony, reje...
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BRADBURY MOMENT

March 28 letter to Blaine City Council: Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451, wrote dystopian novels where fire departments burn books. Bradbury would have had a field day in Blaine, where  police intimidate citizens speaking out against self-dealing  by Blaine officials, like Councilwoman Sarbjit Bains, who on March 9, 2026, unlawfully  voted to enrich herself  by rezoning her family's four commercial properties downtown.  Blaine City Council's  decision to support police misconduct  and thuggery by Blaine City Manager Mike Harmon will end up costing the city much more than the roughly half a million dollars it wasted on lawyers to tell them how to get away with breaking the law over the last two years. Violating the constitutional rights of citizen whistleblowers is much more serious than routine municipal corruption by Blaine officials Mike Hill, Sam Randhawa, Sarbjit Bains, Mike Harmon, and Rodger Funk; it will spell the end of Harmon's public ca...
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FIGHTING EVIL

Fighting the twin evils of municipal corruption and media coverup in Blaine requires fortitude, and money. Now that The Northern Light is trying to get us killed for being responsible citizens in an irresponsible city, this fight will end up in federal court. Kari Mar will pay for her neglect.
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