Editorials

EDITORIAL – How much booze should the designated driver consume?

August 10, 2017 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE CONCERNS by restaurateurs over a federal proposal to lower the blood-alcohol limit for impaired drivers from .08 to .05 [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Where, oh where, is that one good man or woman to lead city?

August 9, 2017 // 4 Comments

There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Does wildfire volunteer effort need to get a second wind?

August 8, 2017 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. YOU COULD call it volunteer fatigue, or maybe volunteer dropout. After a few weeks of high-energy response to the wildfire [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Raw nerves become exposed during times of great stress

August 4, 2017 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger DURING TIMES of crisis, it’s natural for our sensitivities to be heightened. It wasn’t surprising, then, to receive an [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Top 10 reasons why Todd Stone could succeed Christy Clark

August 2, 2017 // 4 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE ARE a lot of reasons Todd Stone has a shot at becoming the next leader of the BC Liberals and, therefore, a future [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Sorry, Conservatives won’t be the next thing in B.C. politics

August 1, 2017 // 8 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. OH, GOSH when will the BC Conservatives give up and find something better to do? They can’t find a leader and remain [Continue]