Editorials

EDITORIAL – Obama’s parting words same as his first: ‘Yes we can!’

January 10, 2017 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE WAS a mixture of sadness and inspiration in the American president’s farewell speech tonight. Barack Obama, the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Constant repetition of Trump’s faults has become boring

January 9, 2017 // 1 Comment

ISN’T IT TIME we all stop whining about what a bad guy Donald Trump is? Every time his name is mentioned, it seems, we must remind each other that he is a name caller, [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Woe is me, whatever will happen to Kamloops City council?

January 4, 2017 // 2 Comments

I DON’T remember when Kamloops City council has been in such a state of functional uncertainty as it is now. There have been times in its history, to be sure, when [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Cenotaph vandalism both reprehensible and misguided

December 29, 2016 // 2 Comments

THE GRAFFITI VANDALISM at the Kamloops cenotaph that occurred over the holiday season is disturbing on two fronts. First, the desecration of a revered community monument is [Continue]

EDITORIAL – B.C. Liberal government’s good-news machine finely tuned

December 21, 2016 // 5 Comments

(BC Govt photo) An ArmchairMayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S NOT HARD to find fault with the BC Liberals on a lot of stuff but I think there’s one thing on [Continue]

EDITORIAL – City manager deserves medal for debunking the 2% fallacy

December 16, 2016 // 2 Comments

SURELY, VERY FEW people feel as passionately about their community as Kelowna City manager Ron Mattiussi. As he defended his staff’s proposal for a tax increase of 4.4 per [Continue]