Editorials

EDITORIAL – North Shore business ED indulges in election scare tactics

May 5, 2017 // 4 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. FEAR-MONGERING is a common occurrence in election campaigns and this one is no different. The BC Liberals fear-monger [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Don’t believe politicians who say, ‘I’m not a politician’

May 4, 2017 // 0 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF A CANDIDATE for public office says, “I’m not a politician,” run the other way. Yet it’s a popular thing for [Continue]

EDITORIAL – What would you have done if you were the candidate?

May 3, 2017 // 1 Comment

SOMETIMES we worry too much about what’s politically ethical and what’s not. Here are a couple of examples. Imagine you’re the mayor of Kamloops. A former mayor, [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Conservatives should breathe sigh of relief with O’Leary gone

May 2, 2017 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ONE MIGHT have thought Kevin O’Leary’s political demise — at least for now — would have been a bigger deal. But his [Continue]

EDITORIAL – There’s a reason most people oppose tearing down KDN

May 1, 2017 // 4 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. NOT TO BELABOR the KDN building issue — well, okay, let’s belabor it a bit — tearing down the building for a few [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Acting Mayor Arjun Singh proves he has the chops for the job

April 28, 2017 // 4 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE’S SOMETHING different about Arjun Singh these days. What’s different, of course, is that he’s the deputy [Continue]