Editorials

EDITORIAL – Stone still has a shot despite stormy days late in campaign

February 1, 2018 // 3 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. AS BC LIBERALS begin voting on a new leader today, one of the big questions is whether the waves that have rocked Todd [Continue]

EDITORIAL – City’s top brass take the guff but get little of the credit

January 31, 2018 // 3 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WANTED: highly qualified, experienced individual to manage heavy workload, work long hours and handle unrelenting daily [Continue]

EDITORIAL – A little Kamloops bakery shows the big guys how to do it

January 30, 2018 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. BEING SOMEWHAT a student of crisis management, I’m always interested when big corporations face major PR problems. Do [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Blame the BC Liberals if/ when our ICBC premiums go up again

January 29, 2018 // 7 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. JUST FOR FUN, I dug out my file of auto insurance payments yesterday. I’m now paying roughly 35 per cent more on [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Not buying the idea that pot shops will increase property values

January 24, 2018 // 1 Comment

An AmrchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE LATEST bit of hallucinogenic malarkey coming out of the marijuana debate is that pot stores have the potential to raise [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Politicians who quit too soon should pay by-election costs

January 23, 2018 // 4 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE KELOWNA WEST by-election is officially underway. Unofficially, it’s been going on for months, but Premier John Horgan [Continue]