Armchair Mayor

ROTHENBURGER – Is harsh punishment meted out to mayor proportionate?

August 18, 2025 // 6 Comments

SEVERAL THINGS about a new report finding that Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson was in a conflict of interest over a vote on a new homeless shelter are troubling. The report itself [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Latest Sarai-RHJ clash fortunately didn’t taint Hot Nite

August 11, 2025 // 5 Comments

IN THE INTERESTS of telling both sides of the story, I’ll do my best to describe the circumstances of the confrontation between Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson and Coun. Bill [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Do we all feel better about Kamloops after this past week?

August 2, 2025 // 7 Comments

SO DO WE ALL FEEL better about the state of City Hall, and the city, than we did a week ago? Do we feel more confident about the direction in which the city is heading, more [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – ‘You try to help people, and this is what you get’

July 28, 2025 // 4 Comments

Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson’s auto dealership has been vandalized again, and this time it was totally ransacked IT’S BEEN A BAD couple of weeks for Mayor Reid [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – How mayor’s strategy on audit proposal backfired

June 25, 2025 // 4 Comments

MAYOR REID HAMER-JACKSON snatched defeat from the jaws of victory on Tuesday. He could have achieved a significant win but he missed his chance. The mayor has never had a [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Report on Sarai’s Tapegate results in slap on the wrist

June 6, 2025 // 4 Comments

COUN. BILL SARAI should be breathing a sigh of relief today. His punishment for Tapegate will be a slap on the wrist. No instant pay cut, no banishment from committees, no [Continue]