Armchair Mayor

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]

ROTHENBURGER: How RHJ confounds his critics and wins hearts and minds

July 8, 2023 // 2 Comments

THERE ARE THREE big reasons Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson prevails over his critics and will continue to prevail. Two of them involve key civic issues and the third is about the [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – We’re allowed to enjoy Canada Day, fireworks and all

July 1, 2023 // 2 Comments

CANADA DAY IS BACK to the way it should be at Riverside Park today — fireworks are returning as part of the celebrations. They’re more than a spectacular light show above [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: In search of a definition for residential school denialism

June 24, 2023 // 2 Comments

THE STORY of a skeptic who showed up at the Kamloops residential school with a shovel in hand, ready to start digging for unmarked graves, came to light in an unusual way. It [Continue]