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ArmchairMayor.ca is a forum about Kamloops and the world. It has more than one million views. Mel Rothenburger is the former Editor of The Daily News in Kamloops, B.C. (retiring in 2012), and past mayor of Kamloops (1999-2005). At ArmchairMayor.ca he is the publisher, editor, news editor, city editor, reporter, webmaster, and just about anything else you can think of. He is grateful for the contributions of several local columnists. This blog doesn't require a subscription but gratefully accepts donations to help defray costs.

Blazers can’t bench Daily News sports editor

January 4, 2011 // 0 Comments

Published in today’s Kamloops Daily News When Tom Gaglardi and his partners paid a reported $7 million for the Kamlooops Blazers in 2007, they promised to turn the team [Continue]

2010 in review

January 3, 2011 // 0 Comments

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ [Continue]

The Armchair Mayor’s Top 10 list for 2010

December 30, 2010 // 1 Comment

This past year has been such a joyous feedbag of fodder for commentary, such a wealth of folly and struggle inviting critique, that one scarcely knows where to begin. Yet, we [Continue]

A Christmas card from China

December 24, 2010 // 0 Comments

As I was thumbing through some old Christmas cards this week, I came across a beautiful card with the greeting, “With love and peace tonight, we all wish you Merry [Continue]

Holy holidays, Frootloops council meets again!

December 23, 2010 // 1 Comment

Mayor Peter Milkbar finds a whoopie cusion on his chair in Frootloops council chambers. He is not amused. MAYOR MILKBAR: Was that you,Coun. O’Fiddle? There’s [Continue]

Mere cold won’t keep us from the salt mines

December 21, 2010 // 0 Comments

In my view, there’s nothing “common” about the cold. My colds, at least, are always extraordinary. They’re at least 10 times worse than any cold anyone else gets. I [Continue]

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