Armchair Mayor

ROTHENBURGER – With all that water flowing by, do we really need drought restrictions?

August 19, 2023 // 2 Comments

IT’S THE FISH. That’s the answer if you’ve been skeptical about the value of water bans during the drought. We can be forgiven for asking about it — the rivers are [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – The special sadness of being your family’s lone survivor

August 12, 2023 // 7 Comments

IN THE YEAR SINCE my brother died (today is the anniversary), I’ve wrestled with what’s painfully different about losing him. I couldn’t identify it at first. I’ve [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Should politicians have to take a test before they run?

August 5, 2023 // 8 Comments

WE SET VERY FEW standards for politicians in this country. Intelligence, for example, has never been a requirement for holding office. It’s part of democracy. We can all [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – We’re all doomed and that’s the sad, absolute truth

July 29, 2023 // 4 Comments

IT SEEMS AN APPROPRIATE TIME to remind ourselves that we’re all doomed. July has been the hottest month in the history of the world. The past three weeks have been the [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: A Kamloops Police Service is becoming more of a possibility

July 22, 2023 // 0 Comments

KAMLOOPS POLICE SERVICE. Has a nice ring to it. But is it what we really want? With the decision finally being made in Surrey to switch from RCMP to a municipal police force, [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Recall legislation doesn’t exist for local governments, but it should

July 15, 2023 // 2 Comments

THE MOST COMMON QUESTION I get asked these days is, “How do we fire a City council?” The answer is, very slowly, if at all. It’s hard enough getting rid of one member [Continue]