Blaine Confidential

Under the proposed code changes by Blaine Community Development Services director Alex Wenger , there will no longer be any  proceeding for citizens to introduce expert testimony, independent studies, or even ask questions challenging his environmental decisions--even as he commits fraud in the pursuit of home sales taxes in Critical Aquifer Recharge Areas, such as over Blaine's drinking water aquifer in East Blaine . Below are just two of the items in planning director Wenger's wish list to make him King of Blaine . 1)  Critical Areas Determination (CAD) --to be made by planning director with no public hearing for citizens to introduce evidence, $2,500 for citizens to appeal 2)  State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) Determination --to be made by planning director based solely on CAD made by planning director, $2,500 for citizens to appeal

Whatcom County Prosecutor Eric Richey has sat on my March 31 complaint--alleging undisclosed financial conflicts of interest by Blaine Councilwoman Sarbjit Bains prior to her  March 9 vote that increased the market value of her and her husband Gurdeep's commercial properties in the Central Business District--and a request for referral to the Washington Attorney General public integrity unit. There is no mystery; the facts and evidence are clear. The only mystery is why the prosecutor delays while the crimes continue. Richey's office supported Blaine Chief of Police Rodger Funk when he testified on behalf of convicted violent felon David Brudvik, who on October 13, 2025 threatened to murder me . Given this major conflict of interest in the prosecutor's office, referral is the only honest option. Email  erichey@co.whatcom.wa.us and ask him to act ASAP.

Blaine civics has hit 'critical mass'. The crescendo building since Whatcom District Court Judge Angela Anderson issued civil protection orders for us--after Mayor Steward's convicted violent felon friend David Brudvik threatened to murder us on October 13, 2025 at city hall--is coming to a climax. While Blaine City Council is busy DISMANTLING PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY , the Whatcom County Prosecutor is stalling on a request to investigate Blaine Councilwoman Sarbjit Bains for self-dealing downtown . Atop this hot fudge sunday of municipal corruption sits the maraschino cherry--the Creekside at the Ridge manufactured home park above Blaine's municipal aquifer that will contaminate our drinking water.

The home sales taxes, pad rents, and real estate commissions on manufactured housing are what is driving the present pollution of Blaine and Birch Bay's public water system wells. Those taxes, rents and commissions will pale, however, with the price of removing E. coli bacteria, fertilizer nitrates, pesticide nitrates, and petroleum products from our drinking water. We're talking hundreds of millions of dollars. Blaine and Birch Bay utility bills will skyrocket. The proposed 568-unit manufactured home park ( Creekside at the Ridge PUD ) approved by Blaine City Council will instantaneously introduce these contaminants into the East Blaine aquifer our municipal wells draw our water from. Blaine taxpayers and Blaine's neighbors who rely on this last uncontaminated aquifer in the Nooksack Basin will end up paying for this reckless greed by the City of Blaine, while developer Skip Jansen pockets the profits.

  Blaine City Council  Ordinance 26-3043   is 1)  designed to eliminate public participation  in land use decisions.  2) designed to eliminate  environmental appeal rights  for citizens. 3) designed to eliminate environmental review of most developments. 4) designed to   double Blaine's population in three years . 5) designed to   unfairly burden low-income Blaine residents. T he proposed $5,000 barrier to appeal Critical Area Determinations and State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) fraud violates Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. The proposed amendments do not arise in a jurisdiction with a clean administrative record :   1) The City has not issued an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for any Critical Aquifer Recharge Area (CARA) developments despite multiple citizen requests and Department of Ecology guidelines.  2) City planners knowingly issued false SEPA determinations   for East Maple Ridge and Creek...

March 31, 2026 letter to Whatcom County Prosecutor Eric Richey: Dear Mr. Richey, Please see the attached self-dealing complaint and denial to investigate regarding the City of Blaine’s handling of a citizen ethics complaint arising from Ordinance 26-3043. I also attach a June 2025 self-dealing complaint to the Department of Justice and Attorney General to which I was a party of record as well as  The concern presented is procedural. A complaint alleging undisclosed financial conflict was denied and permanently closed by the City Manager without identification of any independent review or referral outside the City’s administrative chain. Given the nature of the allegations and the overlap with other matters involving City officials, I am requesting that your office review this matter and refer it to the Washington State Attorney General for independent review. Please confirm within five business days whether your office will make that referral and advise when it can be transmitted. ...