Armchair Mayor

ROTHENBURGER – 8-year RCMP probe tests claims about residential schools

August 30, 2025 // 10 Comments

AN IMPORTANT E-MAIL was sent to B.C. MLAs and MPs this week. It remains to be seen how many will read it and how many respond to it but it’s a significant development in [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Has MLA Stamer been living under a rock regarding prop rep?

August 22, 2025 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WILL WE NEVER be free of so-called ‘electoral reform,’ code words for proportional representation? “Most of the people will obviously [Continue]

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]