Armchair Mayor

ROTHENBURGER – The mayor holds on but who’s waiting in the wings?

May 10, 2024 // 7 Comments

THE RESIGNATION of Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson is going over, as we used to say, like a lead balloon. Or, as some might say these days, like a bucket of farts. It took all of [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Provincial advisor has made things worse, not better

May 7, 2024 // 18 Comments

‘THE PURPOSE of advisors appointed by the provincial government to review dysfunctional City councils is to offer ideas on how to make things better. Unfortunately, the [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Don’t write off student protesters as spoiled kids

May 6, 2024 // 4 Comments

STUDENT PROTESTS at universities in Canada, the U.S. and elsewhere are drawing a lot of controversy, condemnation and mockery, all of it deserved to some degree. The fact [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – A short visit to SILGA in quest of the ‘bullying’ resolution

May 1, 2024 // 8 Comments

RESOLUTION 39 would be kind of funny if it wasn’t so sad. The resolution, titled ‘Bullying and harassment by local elected officials’ was debated today (May 1, 2024) at [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – A conversation with the mayor, in his inner sanctum

April 28, 2024 // 5 Comments

I sat down with Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson in his City Hall office Friday to discuss… his office, of course, and the controversy surrounding when he’s allowed to be [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – How governments self-promote instead of inform

April 27, 2024 // 5 Comments

ARE OUR PUBLIC BODIES in the information business, or the propaganda business? The answer might seem obvious but their way of going about it can be annoying. Every time one [Continue]