Politics

I spent a couple of joyless hours reading the budget speech today and trying to figure out what it all means.  On the one hand, but on the other hand. We shall continue to [Continue]

Press releases from politicians, by and large, are a reaffirmation of our parliamentary democracy in which — short of defaming each other or shouting fire in a crowded [Continue]

I had coffee with Coun. Arjun Singh Monday. Rather, I had green tea (being on a health kick lately); he had a latte. Reason for asking him to chat was that I wanted to ask [Continue]

The question of whether City council had a legal right to hold last weekend’s strategic planning meetings in secret is not, it would seem, an open and shut case. There has [Continue]

As the candidates’ financial reports continue to trickle in for last November’s civic election, it’s becoming obvious this will likely go down as the cheapest campaign [Continue]

Armchair Mayor column published in the Kamloops Daily News, Jan. 19, 2012 The South Thompson Inn and Conference Centre out by Rivershore golf course will be a busy place for [Continue]