EDITORIAL – A glimmer of hope appears in the standoff between mayor, council

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger.

MAYBE IT’S A CASE of yearning for something positive to come out of a Kamloops City council meeting but there was actually a sign yesterday that the public might get a chance to be brought into the picture by the time the year is out.

The council re-endorsed the idea of holding town hall meetings. Mind you, it did so by agreeing to establish a new select committee to study it, which will take a few months. And, mind you, the idea had previously been handed over to one of the standing committees that was officially disbanded Tuesday.

And, mind you, Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson refuses to sit on the new committee because he thinks it won’t do much other than approve reports from staff.

But, hey, let’s look on the bright side.

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Mel Rothenburger is a regular contributor to CFJC Today, publishes the ArmchairMayor.ca opinion website, and is a recipient of the Jack Webster Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award. He has served as mayor of Kamloops, school board chair and TNRD director, and is a retired daily newspaper editor. He can be reached at mrothenburger@armchairmayor.ca.