Armchair Mayor

ROTHENBURGER – City Gardens housing project presents a Hobson’s Choice

September 26, 2020 // 3 Comments

TWENTY HERITAGE HOMES will be bulldozed if a major new downtown development goes ahead, which it probably will. The Kelson Group unveiled plans this week for a $140-million, [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – John Horgan’s election temptation is in the numbers

September 19, 2020 // 0 Comments

THURSDAY CAME AND WENT and Premier John Horgan didn’t call an election. That was the day he unveiled his “Stronger B.C.” economic recovery plan, which was supposedly [Continue]

KNOX – Tiny rural schools look good during the pandemic

September 13, 2020 // 0 Comments

SAANICH POLICE caught a drunk driver doing more than twice the speed limit outside Campus View elementary on the first day of school. For real, they picked off the truck [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Wouldn’t it be nice if politicians knew what they were doing?

September 12, 2020 // 2 Comments

The notion that politicians should be experts only sounds good until we consider the concept more thoroughly POLITICIANS HAVE BEEN GETTING NEW JOBS from their bosses lately. [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Time to stop being complacent about the threat of Ajax

September 5, 2020 // 5 Comments

JUST LIKE THAT, Ajax is back in the news. Abacus Mining and Exploration Corp. announced this week that KGHM, its senior partner in Ajax, has hired a new superintendent [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Paycheques tell the tale of who gets what at City Hall

August 22, 2020 // 0 Comments

ARE CITY EMPLOYEES and City council worth their paycheques? That’s a subjective question if there ever was one but first you have to know how much they’re getting paid. [Continue]