What Our 7 Part Series Covers

Over the next few weeks, we'll reveal not just how one Whatcom County employee allegedly used his regulatory power to profit almost three quarters of a million dollars from wetland mitigation and permit manipulation—but how the county knew about it, investigated itself, found no wrongdoing, allows the employee to continue to be in a position to help himself, and then threatened citizens who dared to speak up.

• Part 1: The scheme—how a county wetland regulator bought properties cheaply and sold them for huge profits
• Part 2: The girlfriend, the mother, and the mitigation scam—the evidence gets worse
• Part 3: The complaint—120 pages of evidence that Whatcom County couldn't ignore
• Part 4: The whitewash—how the county's "independent" investigation was designed to find nothing
• Part 5: The all-clear letter—how county attorneys made obvious corruption disappear on paper
• Part 6: The threats—what happens when citizens share information about corruption
• Part 7: Your move, County Council—specific demands for accountability