Armchair Mayor

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]

ROTHENBURGER – Save the ostriches, if it’s based on science, not emotion

June 3, 2025 // 1 Comment

IT’S NOT EASY being an ostrich. In the wild, they have to contend with lions, leopards, hyenas and human hunters. In captivity, on farms, they’re usually shipped to the [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – ‘Mayor’s ongoing misconduct strains public trust’ councillors claim

May 6, 2025 // 3 Comments

CITY COUNCILLORS now say they’ll release a redacted version of a report to Municipal Affairs Minister Ravi Kaylon on dysfunction at City Hall within the next few weeks. [Continue]