Blaine Confidential

5/31/25 letter to city: Replacing sidewalks, fire hydrants, electrical and trees downtown prior to remediating the toxic waste site downtown and replacing the Cain Creek culvert under Peace Portal Drive downtown is getting the cart before the horse, again. You could have avoided this by holding community educational workshops as part of required public participation under the Growth Management Act, where Blaine citizens could discuss downtown redevelopment that benefits the community, not just friends of Councilman Mike Hill. Imagine your chagrin when your downtown improvements run into unforeseen snags that leave an already half boarded up downtown closed indefinitely for repairs.

5/31/25 letter to city: In a normal city, a city manager who  knowingly lies to the city council  about the existence of a  toxic waste site downtown  and simultaneously  defames a citizen  who brings it to the city's attention would be terminated immediately.  

When federal prosecutors and Seattle media expose the corruption in Blaine, they might begin with the 'gang of five' otherwise known as Mayor Mary Lou Steward, Blaine City Manager Mike Harmon, Blaine Community Development Services director Alex Wenger, Blaine Chief of Police Rodger Funk, and The Northern Light publisher Patrick Grubb.

Grace McCarthy, editor of The Northern Light newspaper,  does not do fact-checking in her articles . Rather, she reports allegations by the Blaine City Manager Mike Harmon without asking him for evidence of his claims that amount to defamation. Then she distorts the public record by intentionally downplaying  unequivocal evidence of a toxic waste site at Blaine City Councilman Mike Hill's Chevron downtown , introduced by Geoffrey Baker, aka Otto Pointer--whom Harmon defamed. Mr. Baker corrected McCarthy in his May 29, 2025  letter to the editor .

5/31/25 letter to county : By my calculations, less than 1% of Blaine citizens are involved in local civics. Half of them are realtors. This suggests that the City of Blaine has failed miserably to accommodate and encourage "early, continuous, and inclusive public participation" as required under the Washington State Growth Management Act. With the 10-year update of the Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan (that includes Blaine) due by 12/31/25, only bureaucrats and realtors seem to be involved, with a few notable exceptions such as myself, Otto Pointer, and former County Councilman Carl Weimer .    

Mike Hill 2021 candidate interview Mike Hill Mike Hill is a Blaine business owner and helped develop several downtown properties, including the Blaine Starbucks and Bordertown Mexican Grill. For the past decade, Hill has volunteered his time mowing and cleaning up the city. What issues facing city of Blaine residents are most important to you? One of the big issues is safety. We have so much protection around here. We have border patrol, CBP, city of Blaine police, and a lot of places don’t have that.  And growth. I believe the world is coming to us and we’ve been trying to figure out what to do here, and now I think we’ve figured out we need to develop downtown. We have east Blaine going with Maple Ridge and all of that development. I think the council needs to be aware of how they’re going to get hit with growth, and I believe I can help out very well there.  If elected, how would you address those? My support is fully behind the police. I’m a “fund the police” guy. Everythi...

Blaine Community Development Services director Alex Wenger appointed Gurdeep Bains to the Downtown Advisory Committee, where he was instrumental in taking a lead--alongside Blaine Planning Commissioner Kevin Owens--in   amending the Blaine Municipal Code to financially benefit Central Business District developers , including Gurdeep Bains and his wife Sarbie, now a candidate opposing Blaine City Councilman Mike Hill. Hill, who supported Gurdeep Bains' bid for Blaine Planning Commission, faces proven allegations of self-dealing in his votes affecting his commercial properties, a violation of both the Blaine City Council Rules of Procedure and the Revised Code of Washington regarding ethics for public officials.  Sarbie Bains, rather than opposing Hill, appears to be the realtors backup choice (as Hill is exposed) for maintaining control of the council and commission, to which the present council appointed three realtors. For this reason, it is essential that we find a write-in ...

It took public shaming to embarrass Patrick Grubb, publisher of The Northern Light Newspaper, into admitting his editor Grace McCarthy made an error in her article on the May 12, 2025 Blaine City Council meeting, where Blaine City Manager Mike Harmon accused Geoffrey Baker of making false allegations and providing disinformation in his notice to Washington Department of Ecology, which acted on his notice highlighting a  Hazardous Materials report . In Mr. Pointer's  May 29, 2025 letter to the editor , he corrects Harmon's defamatory and unfounded comments to the council. Thanks to The Northern Light two-year coverup, Harmon apparently thinks he can just make stuff up, and get away with it. He is right about the first part, but not the second. Further reading:  BLAINE TOXIC COVERUP . Due diligence by Grace McCarthy--such as reading the referenced Hazardous Materials report so she knows what she's talking about, or speaking with the Department of Ecology--is apparently not ...

Letters to The Editor: May 29-June 4, 2025 Posted  Wednesday,  May 28, 2025  3:11 pm The Editor: I appreciate the local news coverage on Blaine city matters. I’m writing to correct an error published in your May 15 issue. Grace McCarthy’s article on the downtown revitalization project referenced a memo prepared by Mike Harmon, explaining that the City of Blaine was contacted by the Washington Department of Ecology (DOE) regarding environmental compliance measures it was required to take. This compliance measure was a result of a notice I sent to the DOE. McCarthy stated that I had “voiced concern that there could be toxic plumes under Hill’s Chevron gas station … that could contaminate Cain Creek.” Harmon’s memo, entitled “Request for Council Action” (RFCA) stated that my notice contained “false allegations” and “disinformation,” but acting in an abundance of caution, DOE required the city to take “extraordinary” preventative measures to contain any potential toxins. Corr...

Lummi Nation Village Sites (* denotes major villages) Cherry Point * Gooseberry Point Eastsound (Orcas Island) Legoe Bay (Lummi Island) Nooksack River  Point Roberts Red River   Roche Harbor  (San Juan Island)* Semiahmoo Spit * Shaw Island      Whatcom Falls

5/22/25 letter to city and county : For a while, it was anybody's guess whether Blaine City Manager Mike Harmon or Blaine Community Development Services director Alex Wenger would be  the fall guy  for the City of Blaine's demise. Wenger committed fraud by falsifying environmental designations for developers and handing out permit variances to friends, but Harmon was his supervisor. Both Harmon and Wenger serve at the will of the Blaine City Council, but they are nothing more than Mayor Steward's parrots--with the exception of Councilman Lewis--who opposed this cabal with his motions on restoring oral public comment at city council meetings and adopting a code of ethics for city officials. Harmon secured his choice of fall guy with his   May 12, 2025 defamation of Otto Pointer , spokesman for Blaine Water Coalition, at the Blaine City Council meeting, which Harmon also did previously at a Semiahmoo event. As such, Harmon--once fired from his position--will find it   ...

5/21/25 letter to county: On March 4, 2025, Blaine Water Coalition filed a  60-day Notice of Intent to Sue the City of Blaine --copying Washington Department of Ecology (DOE), Washington Attorney General, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers--over Blaine's refusal to follow the DOE 2024 Western Washington Stormwater Management Manual, noting stormwater violations and the benzene risk to Waters of the United States. The  60 days are up , and while DOE recently required Blaine to use the 2024 manual on downtown revitalization, they have not addressed the unlawful PUDs city wide--approved using the 2019 manual after August 1, 2024, the date the 2024 manual went into effect. Whatcom County has authority to end  Blaine's two-year crime spree , but remains unresponsive. Phone calls to the county council, county executive, and county prosecutor from Blaine citizens are in order.

5/21/25 letter to county : First and foremost,  the Whatcom County EIS must consider the democratic process . Has the county and its cities such as Blaine met the threshold requirements under the Growth Management Act (GMA) for "early, continuous, and inclusive public participation?" The evidence in the public record is an emphatic NO. This is not a public relations issue to be dealt with by dismissive officials such as Whatcom County Executive Sidhu. It is our future, our livelihoods, our ability to survive in a predatory housing market where the elemental sustenance of  sufficient proven drinking water for your grandiose growth plans is in serious question . You need to pull the brake lever and bring this runaway train to a halt before you plunge us into the abyss. The stampede to absorb more critical water and forest lands into Urban Growth Areas and Urban Growth Reserves is  contrary to the very essence of GMA , which prioritizes Critical Area protection over all else...

One reason for   requesting federal intervention   by the U.S. Department of Justice in   resolving official corruption   at the City of Blaine is that the   extent of criminal enterprise   is so embedded that Blaine citizens cannot make headway on   desperately needed civic reform . After two years pleading with the Washington Attorney General and Whatcom County Prosecutor to no avail, Blaine citizens are fed up. Blaine Water Coalition's   Notice of Intent to Sue   is what will get the attention of these law enforcement agencies that have for two years let us down.  Soon it will be up to the courts.

5/20/25 letter to city and county : When  Blaine City Manager Mike Harmon intentionally defamed Blaine Water Coalition spokesman Otto Pointer  at the May 12, 2025 Blaine City Council meeting, it wasn't the first time. This time, however, the defamation of Mr. Pointer was  in retaliation for the recent requirement by the Washington State Department of Ecology--based on an appeal by Blaine Water Coalition--that the City of Blaine follow the 2024 DOE Western Washington Stormwater Management Manual  in its Downtown Revitalization Plan.  Now defunct due to impending city bankruptcy, the downtown plan--like the Critical Aquifer Recharge Area (CARA) PUD plan--was based on fraud by Blaine Community Development Services director Alex Wenger, exposed in the recent  Notice of Intent to Sue   by Blaine Water Coalition.  

5/19/25 letter to city : History will not treat you kindly. Blaine Water Coalition will be remembered as noble champions of democracy. You will be remembered as two-faced crooks in the Blaine Hall of Shame. Prepare for public humiliation.

5/18/25 letter to city : The City of Blaine is  incapable of resolving its financial and ethical dilemmas . The responsible thing to do is to ask the county and state for help. Planning and management services could be conducted with help from WWU, along with the Association of Washington Cities. When you don't know what you're doing, find someone who does. Perhaps some sort of  resolution trust of Blaine citizens in cooperation with state and federal agencies  to rehabilitate a city so embedded in corruption it can't see straight.

5/18/25 letter to city and county: One way to cut City of Blaine expenses in a last-minute desperate attempt at  avoiding municipal bankruptcy  is to fire the city manager, development director, and attorney whose illicit advice led to this situation. Blaine City Manager Mike Harmon, Blaine Community Development Services director Alex Wenger, and Blaine City Attorney Peter Ruffato are costing us $60,000/month that we could better spend elsewhere. Seeing how they are about to land the City of Blaine in federal court for  violating the civil rights of Blaine citizens , their departure can't happen too soon.  

5/17/25 letter to county : The  county comprehensive plan  is driven by the real estate industry. The housing element is not motivated by concern for retail and service workers who pay half their income or more for rent. Upzoning for luxury housing is attractive to city and county planners and elected officials, as it increases property tax revenue. This makes housing overall more expensive,  exacerbating homelessness . This is  class warfare , supported by the state and county. Blaine is a microcosm of all these  corrupting influences at play  in the state capitol and county seat. Blaine's inability to fulfill its pipe dream of emulating Carmel, California (Blaine-by-the-Sea) will ultimately succumb to the judicial nemesis, and in agency rulings now starting, such as DOE requiring Blaine to follow the 2024 Stormwater manual in the toxic waste site cleanup downtown where the city planned to build condominiums.  Unfortunately, the working poor can't aff...

5/16/25 letter to city and county : Blaine City Manager Mike Harmon has sunk to a new low, which is hard to do. Despite his demonstrated mental illness that I drew to the Blaine City Council's attention a year ago, he has been entrusted with getting us out of the financial mess he helped to create. Rather than replace Harmon, as any honest city government would have done long ago,  Harmon continues to intimidate and slander concerned citizens . HARMON IS A LIABILITY.

5/16/25 letter to city and county : Canadian shoppers have always been unreliable due to currency exchange rates, long before COVID and tariffs kept them away. Blaine public officials know this, and yet, they continued to base our local economy on catering to Canadians. Redoing the sidewalks downtown won't change anything. Who wants to come here when the core of downtown is half boarded up and the other half is comprised of a street-front church, second rate restaurants, and a second hand clothing store. This is not a draw for sophisticated Vancouverites. Now it turns out there is a toxic waste site under Chevron and Starbuck's, right in the heart of the Central Business District. Cleaning that up will be in the news, news that Canadians read. So much for that plan. Rather than hold a community meeting on downtown redevelopment where more thoughtful Blaine citizens could offer insight into the dilemma, the City of Blaine developed the downtown plan behind closed doors with croo...

5/16/25 letter to city and county : The threatening behavior on May 13, 2025 by  downtown builder Scott Meaker  toward Blaine business owner Bill Becht over signs in Becht's storefront windows advocating the arrest of  corrupt City of Blaine officials  [Mayor Mary Lou Steward, City Manager Mike Harmon, Community Development director Alex Wenger, and Councilman Mike Hill] is indicative of what we can expect this election season as we expose the  BLAINE TOXIC COVERUP  in the news.

In  Ward 3 , Blaine City Council candidate, realtor, and current Blaine Planning Commissioner Don Enos is against FREE SPEECH.  Don Enos , regarding the one-year free speech ban at city meetings by Mayor Steward, reportedly  remarked on social media that he saw no community value in oral public comment .

CDN candidate coverage , highlighting Blaine, notes Mike Hill and Sarbie Bains [wife of Gurdeep Bains] are candidates for the at-large position on Blaine City Council. Two crooked developers as candidates for the Blaine City Council at-large position? Is this the best the citizens of Blaine could come up with? The incumbent Mike Hill is notorious for  self-dealing  and conflicts of interest. The challenger, Sarbie Bains, is married to Gurdeep Bains, another crooked downtown developer. Meaker, Hill, and Bains  are deeply involved in corruption. This is the year for an upstanding write-in candidate!

5/15/25 letter to city: In 2022, I recommended to Blaine City Council that they apply for American Rescue Act funds to design and build a community art center, museum, new library, and parking garage (all-in-one building) on city property next to Blaine Public Library. I was told the city was only interested in commercial development, not community enrichment. This spring, the City of Mount Vernon celebrated the grand opening of their new community center, new library, and parking garage (all-in-one building) entirely paid for by American Rescue Act funds and other grants. This has rejuvenated tourist-commercial business and livened up night life at downtown restaurants and art galleries.  

5/15/25 letter to city and county : The City of Blaine's impending bankruptcy due to malfeasance by Blaine Mayor Mary Lou Steward is not a surprise. Steward's main focus downtown in the tourist-commercial area of the Central Business District has been to develop condominiums for which the city council voted on June 10, 2024 to  privatize all on-street parking , leaving no parking for tourists and commerce. Steward's sole focus in the Urban Growth Area misplaced over the city aquifer was to fraudulently approve residential development there that would pollute the city's drinking water aquifer, and to eliminate public opposition by threatening citizens and banning FREE SPEECH at city council meetings.  By their unlawful actions involved in destroying Blaine's environment 2022-2025, Mayor Mary Lou Steward and City Manager Mike Harmon are running the City of Blaine into bankruptcy. The illegal developments approved citywide by Community Development Services director Ale...

5/15/25 letter to city and county : On May 13, 2025,  Scott Meaker  and his son allegedly vandalized and threatened Blaine business owner Bill Becht for displaying signs in his store windows advocating for the arrest of Blaine City Council members involved in corruption. On February 8, 2024, Downtown Advisory Committee (DAC) members  Gurdeep Bains --a downtown developer with three building sites--and  Scott Meaker --a downtown building contractor--were invited by City of Blaine Community Development Services (CDS) to provide presentations to the Blaine Planning Commission to support CDS’s efforts to change downtown zoning and development regulations to financially benefit developers.  The exact wording of the (DAC) recommendations--voted on by  Gurdeep Bains ,  Scott Meaker , and Blaine Planning Commissioner Kevin Owens--is now written in the downtown zoning code for review. The proposed changes have already been included as a placeholder in the 2024 ...

5/14/25 letter to county executive: Ignoring your duty to uphold the law in Blaine will not make it go away. It will land you in the docket along with other state and local authorities who betrayed their oath of office to support the laws of Washington and the United States. Your misfeasance will ensure that the Whatcom County 2025 Comprehensive Plan Update is invalid. You will not get away with issuing platitudes while county planning for water and growth, under your mismanagement, is exposed as the farce it is. You are clearly not capable of doing the job we hired you to do, so please step down--now.  

5/14/25 letter to county executive: Our demand for  immediate county intervention  in Blaine by your office is threefold: Investigate, Prosecute, and Restore. Step 1 is a blanket  STOP WORK ORDER  in the CARA. Step 2 is investigation and prosecution of city officials. Step 3 is restoration of the illegal clearcut by developer Skip Jansen in the Critical Aquifer Recharge Area.

5/14/25 letter to county executive : The construction of an  unlawfully approved mobile home park  in the  illegally rezoned Critical Aquifer Recharge Area  in the City of Blaine is beginning, and Whatcom County must  intervene immediately to protect public health  and the viability of our community.  Your neglect to uphold the law in Blaine  2022-2025 forced Blaine Water Coalition members to devote thousands of hours  doing your job .  We have submitted voluminous  documentation of criminal misconduct  by Blaine Community Development Services director Alex Wenger and Blaine City Manager Mike Harmon in facilitating this residential development, undertaken without meeting the statutory requirements of the Growth Management Act, State Environmental Policy Act, or the Clean Water Act. Your ongoing failure to protect the citizens of Blaine makes Whatcom County culpable in  violating our civil rights .

5/13/25 letter to county : Blaine's Hearing Examiner system was altered   by Blaine Community Development Services director Alex Wenger and the city attorney in order   to exclude public participation   by limiting the city-paid examiner's review of CDS proposals for consistency with the Blaine Municipal Code, to the   exclusion of both state and federal law . This in itself violates state and federal environmental protection laws and the civil rights of Blaine citizens. Blaine City Manager Mike Harmon's May 12, 2025  retaliation against Blaine Water Coalition spokesman Otto Pointer  is in response to the March 4, 2025 Blaine Water Coalition  Notice of Intent to Sue  over the exclusive, biased, and rigged  City of Blaine Hearing Examiner system.

5/12/25 letter to city: While 'corrupt' and 'criminal' accurately describe the routine conduct of Blaine City Council and Blaine Community Development Services, 2022-25,  RACKETEERING  captures it best.  Fraudulent SEPA determinations  issued by CDS director Alex Wenger, under the supervision of Blaine City Manager Mike Harmon and direction of Blaine Mayor Mary Lou Steward,  were repeatedly used by the City of Blaine to obtain permit fees  from developers who  conspired with the city to violate the State Environmental Policy Act, Growth Management Act, and Clean Water Act  in a series of unlawful Planned Unit Developments approved by CDS. This pattern of racketeering, whereby  Blaine City Council members concealed numerous conflicts of interest and conspired with CDS and Blaine City Attorney Peter Ruffato to undermine public participation  in order to cover up these financial conflicts from the public, the press, and law enforcement, fal...

5/8/25 letter to county from Madame Watchdog : For years, this city pursued aggressive development on land known by residents and experts alike to contain expansive wetlands—144 acres in one section and nearly 500 acres in another. Despite repeated concerns from the community, the city moved forward, aligning with developers to plan thousands of homes over these sensitive areas, all without conducting a single environmental impact study.  Let’s be clear: this land sits directly over our aquifer, the very resource that sustains our community’s water needs. And yet, the city showed no hesitation in pushing forward with plans that risked permanent damage to our ecosystem.  Now, in a sudden reversal following the private purchase of the 500-acre parcel by a concerned citizen—someone who acted in the public’s best interest—the city is claiming that this area is no longer suitable for development because it is, in fact, a wetland.  This is not environmental stewardship. This is...

5/8/25 letter to county : Blaine City Councilman Rhyan Lopez owns a home in the Drayton Harbor Reach housing development and has acknowledged a direct financial interest in the project. He has publicly stated that he has a conflict of interest regarding shoreline protection issues under the Shoreline Management Plan (SMP), particularly in matters involving shoreline variances granted to a prominent realtor who is his next-door neighbor. This neighbor received a complete variance from Blaine Community Development Services (CDS) from the SMP requirements.  There are concerns that the current harbor development is not complying with the state-required 125-foot setback from a salmon-bearing area such as the Dakota Creek-Drayton Harbor estuary, and that developers are encroaching into the SMP’s variance zone in violation of the plan with assistance from CDS director Alex Wenger.  Rhyan has also stated he could not participate in decisions about a trail adjacent to his property due ...

5/6/25 letter to county : Proof of City of Blaine criminal misconduct is already on the Whatcom County website in the form of Blaine Water Coalition submissions that provide all the evidence, in the form of official documents, that Whatcom County Executive Sidhu and Whatcom County Prosecutor Richey, whom we contacted a year ago, need to open an investigation. We have submitted all the evidence they need to open an investigation. In March 2025 alone, we submitted documents proving City of Blaine corruption in 14 letters to Whatcom County Planning.  Blaine Water Coalition submissions to the Whatcom County 2025 Comprehensive Plan Update : 4 letters in September 2024 4 letters in October 2024 3 letters in November 2024 3 letters in February 2025 14 letters in March 2025 3 letters in April 2025 2 letters so far in May 2025

5/5/25 l etter to county : Thursday, Blaine Planning Commission will discuss the proposed new Urban Growth Areaon Semiahmoo peninsula that the public has had no say in, that the City of Blaine is pushing without a legally-required Environmental Impact Statement, and without demonstrating the city has the capacity to provide adequate water and sewer for another one thousand homes. One thing an EIS would look at is the cost to current residents in the form of "significantly increased utility bills" to upgrade the water and sewer system for two million dollar second homes.

5/2/25 letter to county : Thirty years ago, the Washington Department of Ecology (DOE) initiated a water resources inventory of the Nooksack basin. Simultaneously, DOE facilitated roundtable discussions including caucuses of farmers, water resource providers, the construction industry and environmentalists. I was selected to represent the environmental caucus. With the Nooksack River chinook salmon threatened with extinction, there was a sense of urgency to our work.  Hovering around the roundtable process were professional troublemakers looking for an opportunity to make money by drumming up resentment against the tribes. Water rights law is “first in time, first in line.” Since Lummi Nation and the Nooksack Indian Tribe have been here for 500 generations, they are by far the senior water rights holders. Treaty rights under federal law are considered property rights. The salmon are the tribes’ property.  In 2018, the Center for World Indigenous Studies (CWIS) in Olympia publi...

5/9/25 letter to city and county : " Recidivist offender and repeated violator of environmental laws and regulations " is the phrase federal prosecutors used to describe British Petroleum (BP) when in 2011 they sought to revoke BP's probation. The phrase could apply to the City of Blaine as well, and like BP, you will likely face federal prosecutors for your crimes, such as  conspiring to violate the civil rights of the citizens of Blaine .  As I noted previously, since your crimes are intentional, the City of Blaine's insurer will not be responsible for paying claims against the city. And since you knowingly committed these crimes,  you are not protected from personal prosecution and lawsuits against each of you personally  for going along when you knew what you were doing was unlawful and wrong.  Blaine City Councilman   Richard May , Mayor   Mary Lou Steward , and Blaine City Attorney   Peter Ruffato   are especially vulnerable due to thei...

5/9/25 letter to city and county: Resolution 1973-25, aka  Preferred Urban Growth Area Alternative , on the May 12, 2025 Blaine City Council agenda, is yet another fraudulent attempt by Blaine Community Development Services director Alex Wenger to circumvent state and federal law. The resolution, like the Whatcom County 2025 Comprehensive Plan Draft EIS,  neglects to protect the civil rights of Blaine citizens to participate in planning their future  and protecting their environment. Blaine's proposed  UGA SWAP , with  no environmental considerations , is but one example of the county government ignoring illegal zoning amendments by the City of Blaine, 2023-2024.  Had Whatcom County abided by the  public participation requirements under GMA , as well as the GMA requirement to  prove water and sewer service capacity prior to designating UGAs and population increases , Blaine Water Coalition members would not have had to endure three years of battli...

5/9/25 letter to city from Madame Watchdog: Riddle: What do you get when a city attorney covers for council members who vote with conflicts of interest, helps target outspoken citizens with ideas of how to arrest them, and hijacks efforts to restore free speech for the town? Answer: A government so dirty, even the shredders need legal counsel.

5/9/25 letter to City of Blaine from Madame Watchdog: Many of you know exactly what’s happening behind the curtain. You’ve seen it unfold—and in some cases, you’ve helped make it happen. You’ve watched developers try to pave over wetlands without conducting a single environmental study. You’ve watched as civil rights were trampled— even those of children —simply for trying to speak at council meetings. You’ve watched as outspoken citizens were  targeted, silenced, and even threatened with arrest , not because they broke the law, but because they dared to point out that  you did . You have watched council members vote with a conflict of interest again and again and again. You have watched our town become the worst free speech town in America. You have watched the mayor, Richard May, and the city's lawyer, Peter Ruffatto, hijack the motion to restore public comments. The ban still continues...and yet you still just silently watch.  You’ve watched law enforcement, Sheriff Ta...

5/9/25 letter to City of Blaine: For those of you who don't support the institutionalized bigotry of the president, you could make serving on Blaine City Council and the Blaine Planning Commission more diverse, inclusive, and equal. As basically half-time jobs, serving on the council or commission is a burden for those who aren't there to line their own pockets.  Last time I checked, Bellingham City Council members earned $67,000 per year. Ferndale paid $1,500 per month. Blaine pays $300 per month. Who in the world can live on $300 per month as half their income?  With three realtors appointed by you to the Blaine Planning Commission, diversity and equity are out the window. You don't have to pay fair compensation to realtors and developers such as Blaine City Council member Mike Hill. He makes plenty voting for his own financial interests, in violation of the Blaine City Council Rules of Procedure.

5/9/25 letter to City of Blaine: With the opportunity to replace three of the crooks on Blaine City Council in this year's election, the next eight months of public humiliation--as the three-year crime spree led by Blaine Community Development Services director Alex Wenger is revealed in the media--should cement your legacy as the most corrupt city government in Whatcom County history. Prosecutions are likely to follow. Unconditional surrender will be your only option.