Alex the Great

3/20/25 letter to City of Blaine:

On February 14, 2025, when Blaine Water Coalition notified Blaine City Council that Washington State law requires the City of Blaine to use the 2024 Stormwater Management Manual, Blaine Community Development Services director Alex Wenger and Blaine City Manager Mike Harmon both told you at the February 24, 2025 city council meeting that they are using the 2019 manual and that the 2024 manual is optional. When we exposed that as a lie, Mr. Wenger changed his story and said that the city council does not need to adopt the 2024 manual because his department has been using it since August 1, 2024. The problem with that fairy tale is that only the city council can adopt the manual, not Alex the Great.

On February 18, 2025, Alex Wenger omitted Blaine Water Coalition comments from the public record prepared for Blaine Hearing Examiner Phil Olbrechts regarding usage of the 2024 manual claiming our submission was not filed in time. When we submitted a screenshot of our timely submission with the time stamp as proof, Wenger altered the public document removing the time stamp that is on all emails. This clumsy attempt to deprive us of our civil rights was also exposed, and Wenger once again backtracked. And none of you said a word.

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