Armchair Mayor

ROTHENBURGER – Muzzling the mayor might be easier said than done

May 30, 2024 // 10 Comments

IF THE LATEST shackles placed on Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson by City councillors play out the way they’re designed, his political emasculation will be close to complete. On [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Wait, what happened at that City council meeting?

May 15, 2024 // 5 Comments

LET’S SORT OUT what happened at the Kamloops City council meeting yesterday (May 14, 2024). First of all, for those who are wondering, the removal of Mayor Reid [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – A Mayor-Council-CAO Covenant could be what doctor ordered

May 13, 2024 // 6 Comments

THERE’S SOMETHING called a “Council-CAO Covenant” that might help Kamloops City Hall through its dysfunctional quagmire. It’s being tried in several other B.C. [Continue]

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]