Armchair Mayor

ROTHENBURGER – Thin-skinned local media need a J-school refresher

July 23, 2024 // 20 Comments

PITY THE POOR MEDIA in Kamloops. They’re feeling sorry for themselves these days. It has to do with Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson and last week’s news conference. Whatever it [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – What the mayor’s news conference was really all about

July 15, 2024 // 19 Comments

NICELY PLAYED. Not only did he not resign, but Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson says he’ll run in the next mayoral election. Some media have their shirts in a knot because [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Clearing up a few things about ‘Build Kamloops’ proposals

July 10, 2024 // 3 Comments

LET’S CLEAR UP a couple of very important points about the “Build Kamloops” project. First, it will be put to the public for two separate decisions, not wrapped into [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Book banning on the bumpy road toward reconciliation

July 6, 2024 // 5 Comments

IT’S BEEN THREE YEARS and a bit since the announcement that 215 suspected graves (later re-calculated to 200) had been found on the grounds of the Kamloops Indian [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Can taxpayers be convinced to foot a $275 million bill for PAC Plus?

June 25, 2024 // 10 Comments

GO BIG OR GO HOME could be the slogan for plans to build more cultural and recreation facilities approved by Kamloops City council today (June 25, 2024). Taxpayers will be [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – A short history of confidentiality at Kamloops City Hall

June 18, 2024 // 7 Comments

SO KAMLOOPS CITY COUNCILLORS have approved a motion to bar Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson from closed meetings of committees based on a claim that he’s proven he can’t be [Continue]