EDIT – Throne Speech tries to steal some NDP-Green thunder
An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF STEALING someone else’s thunder was against the law, the BC Liberals could be charged with theft. As expected, today’s [Continue]
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EDITORIAL – The ABCs of the BC Liberals’ hypocrisy
An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger WHEN A GOVERNMENT changes its mind, is it a case of listening to the people, or political hypocrisy? Take tomorrow’s Throne [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Town hall proves Ajax study was worth the investment
An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I TRUST the glib-tongued editorialists and commenters who preach the supposed folly of spending a half million dollars on an [Continue]
EDITORIAL – It’s nail-biting time on Ajax
An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE’S A SENSE of nervous anticipation these days with respect to the Ajax proposal, much as there is when a jury is [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – City needs bylaw to make teens leave home sooner
MOST DAYS, I’m certain that the power of the press is much over-rated. The media get way too much credit for influencing what people think. For that reason, I try not to [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Driverless technology could take jobs away
HERE’S A sobering thought for people who make their living from driving — whether it be cabbies, delivery trucks or big haul trucks at mines and the oilsands. Your [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Enforce the two-dog rule or toss it out and try something else
An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE’S AN OLD saying that ignorance of the law is no excuse. When it comes to owning too many dogs in Kamloops, [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Report on Ajax gives ammunition to both sides but…
An Armchair Mayor editor by Mel Rothenburger. THERE’S SOMETHING for everybody in the SLR Consulting report on the KGHM Ajax application released by the City on Tuesday. [Continue]
EDITORIAL – The only word for Clark’s cabinet announcement is ‘bizarre’
An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ‘BIZARRE’ is an over-used word when it comes to politics, but it fits the latest act in the Victoria gong show — [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Clark’s Site C ‘deadline’ passes; game of chicken still on
An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE FOUR-DAY deadline on Site C came and went on the weekend and the sun still rises in the morning. Last week, Premier [Continue]
TRUMP TWEETS OF THE WEEK – ‘Total and complete vindication’
I will be nominating Christopher A. Wray, a man of impeccable credentials, to be the new Director of the FBI. Details to follow. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – In the end, we’re all just roadkill on the highway of life
THERE WAS a marmot on the road one day as my son and I were driving home from town. It lay there in a small pool of blood, it’s little buck teeth sticking out, its eyes [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Appointing new cabinet a waste of moving expenses
An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE GOVERNMENT will return to business in a couple of weeks and it’s not a day too soon as far as the NDP and Greens are [Continue]
EDITORIAL – ‘Fringe’ candidates have a role to play in civic elections
An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. The presence of so-called “fringe” candidates in municipal elections, as I’ve often said, is a re-affirmation of [Continue]
