The evidence is overwhelming. The cover-up is documented. The threats against citizens are on the record. The County Executive's office has shown it won't take corruption seriously—it protects it.
Now Whatcom County Council faces a choice: investigate this corruption properly under RCW 42.23.070, refer it to the Washington State Attorney General, and hold all complicit officials accountable—or watch as this escalates beyond their control.
This investigation started with three properties, but it has now expanded to over a dozen cases where property owners are being delayed, their wetland reports rejected, and they're all connected to Matthew Mahaffie.
We're also investigating suspicious mitigation arrangements involving well-connected landowners and the new jail property. If you don't act now, additional complaints will be filed—and the County Prosecutor's office won't be running the next investigation. Here are the specific actions the County Council must take, the timeline for taking them, and what happens if they refuse.
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Brian Gass is a real estate agent and Designated Broker of ONE Real Estate Inc. After years of working directly with buyers, sellers, and builders, he saw how housing affordability was slipping out of reach for average households-not because people stopped working hard, but because the system governing housing had quietly changed. In response, he founded the Real Housing Reform Initiative, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit focused on reexamining how housing is planned, priced, and regulated. Through research, policy analysis, and practical reform models, the organization works to restore housing affordability by expanding choice, aligning costs with incomes, and reconnecting housing policy to real-world outcomes.
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