Armchair Mayor

ROTHENBURGER: Say goodbye to any hope of peace between mayor, council

March 18, 2023 // 5 Comments

AS THE NOON HOUR APPROACHED Friday, six Kamloops City councillors got up and left a Thompson-Nicola Regional District strategic planning meeting at the Delta Hotel. The [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Dr. Armchair has a surefire cure for chronic councillitis

March 11, 2023 // 1 Comment

DO YOU HAVE a bad case of councillitis, one that keeps coming back every Tuesday? Are you on a City council that feels logy and sluggish, that suffers from head fog [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Court ruling ends two years of stress for security guard

March 4, 2023 // 2 Comments

RICK ELDRIDGE got an early birthday present this week when an assault charge was taken off the books almost two years after an incident that led to it. On Wednesday, he was [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Changing attitudes on use of spanking to discipline kids

February 25, 2023 // 0 Comments

‘UP FRONT!’ I remember the words of my high school French teacher oh so well. Learning French was a challenge for me; languages other than English don’t come easily. [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – City council’s strange approach to writing a Code of Conduct

February 18, 2023 // 4 Comments

EVERY CITY COUNCIL should have a Code of Conduct but the Kamloops council’s approach to it is perplexing. At this week’s Committee of the Whole meeting, corporate officer [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Without fries and gravy, can the new version of Zellers bring back the feeling?

February 11, 2023 // 0 Comments

HOW CAN ANYONE FORGET sitting in The Skillet enjoying a Z-Burger, milkshake and Golden Fries with gravy? Anyone of a certain age, that is? Ever since the recent announcement [Continue]