McKinney Menace
In her Northern Light 2017 and 2021 candidate interviews, Blaine school board member Laura McKinney cited her experience working for the US Chamber of Commerce-- a lobbying organization that opposes unions, occupational safety, and public health measures that threaten the tobacco industry --and Whatcom Business Alliance-- a fossil fuel export advocacy organization . As noted in my 2019 article On a Mission from God , published at Noisy Waters Northwest , Laura and her husband James McKinney are key players in the Tea Party network promoting Christian white supremacy. As reported in 2020 in The Searchlight Review , James McKinney--emcee at earlier pro-Trump rallies--led anti-mask rallies in Lynden opposing COVID-19 restrictions. Earlier in the year, Laura McKinney was the lone dissenting vote on the Blaine school board against remote learning during the pandemic. [Ed. Note] In October 2019, Noisy Waters Northwest and The Searchlight Review were recognized for " citizen journalis