Armchair Mayor

ROTHENBURGER – Two years in, how are council newbies performing?

November 14, 2020 // 1 Comment

TWO NOVEMBERS AGO, a new Kamloops City council was sworn in. They took an oath to “truly, faithfully and impartially” carry out their duties. Four of the nine members of [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Trump’s blessed defeat, Noble Creek, and poppies in food stores

November 7, 2020 // 2 Comments

IT’S A SAFE BET Donald Trump has never heard of Kamloops. If he had, he’d probably mispronounce it, then make fun of it. But we know him. I can’t think of a single way [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – The Armchair strikes back on Columbia West housing issue

October 31, 2020 // 3 Comments

‘SO PRAY TELL US MEL, what neighbourhood would be good for social housing? Let me guess… the North Shore right?” That’s what Gail Paton thought of my editorial this [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Protests and arrests were played out in a familiar script

October 24, 2020 // 0 Comments

THE DRAMA THAT PLAYED OUT at Trans Mountain work sites in Kamloops the past week and a half could have been written in advance. Same plot, same story line, same pictures as [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – The many benefits of a snap election during the pandemic

October 17, 2020 // 1 Comment

FOR ALL THE COMPLAINING (including my own) about holding an election during the pandemic, things have gone quite nicely. With only a week to go until election day, everyone [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Following the herd and riding COVID-free on BC Ferries

October 10, 2020 // 0 Comments

AS WE SPEAK, I’m on Deck 4 of the MV Coastal Renaissance between Vancouver Island and the Mainland, her 21,000-horsepower diesel engines powering us across the strait at 23 [Continue]