PUBLIC RECORDS CONTROVERSY IN CONTEXT

September 29 letter to City of Blaine:

The City of Blaine public records controversy did not happen in a vacuum; it happened due to three years of intense attacks by city staff on Blaine Water Coalition for holding city hall accountable to the Growth Management Act, State Environmental Policy Act, and the Clean Water Act, while the city appointed three realtors to Blaine Planning Commission, who promptly rezoned Blaine in violation of these laws and the Ethics in Public Service Act, adding to the numerous acts 2024-2025 of self-dealing by Blaine officials with direct financial conflicts of interest. 

Those of us who protested the free speech ban by the mayor (now 18 months of no oral public comment at city council meetings) and self-dealing by Blaine City Councilman Mike Hill, Downtown Advisory Committee member Gurdeep Bains (husband of Blaine Councilwoman Sarbie Bains), and Blaine Planning Commissioner Sam Randhawa were repeatedly dismissed and defamed by Mayor Mary Lou Steward, Blaine City Manager Mike Harmon, and Blaine Community Development director Alex Wenger.

 

Jay Taber, WaterPlanningMatters.org 

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