Council’s open strategy talk most informative
Coun. Pat Wallace may have put it best during today’s City council discussion on its strategic plan (yes, the one council labored over in secret one recent weekend). [Continue]
Politics
B.C. throne speech all about doom and gloom
I don’t think I’ve ever read a Throne Speech so packed with such dramatic prose, so many cliches as the one delivered today in Victoria. To read this document, you would [Continue]
Kamloops would get five MLAs under STV
I had coffee earlier this week with Arjun Singh, Ray Jones and Less Goddard of Fair Voting B.C. I’d asked for the meeting in order to clarify a few things about the [Continue]
Federal budget like a shiny new car for Kamloops
Whenever a new provincial or federal budget is announced, I tend to look for things that will directly affect our community. Sure, things like personal tax cuts, renovation [Continue]
STV: The good, the bad, the pro and the con
In addition to picking our new B.C. government in May, we’ll be asked if we want to change the way we vote. The Single Transferrable Vote is on the ballot again, and [Continue]
Nothing personal, Mayor Milobar
I’ve just finished polishing up my weekly column for tomorrow’s edition of The Daily News; I’ll also post it to this blog. I’ve tentatively headlined [Continue]
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