Armchair Mayor

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]

ROTHENBURGER – ‘Beautiful hills, a beautiful view, asphalt and a downtown that’s dying’

August 15, 2020 // 1 Comment

‘IN KAMLOOPS, YOU GET IN YOUR CAR, you go to Chapters, there’s four acres of asphalt, then you get in your car and you drive to Overwaitea, because that’s two blocks [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: 10 big Kamloops ideas that never made it off the drawing boards

August 8, 2020 // 1 Comment

IT TAKES IMAGINATION to build a great city, and that means coming up with a lot of ideas, big ideas. Some of them succeed and endure, like the Tournament Capital of Canada, [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – 50 years in Kamloops – time flies when you’re having fun

August 1, 2020 // 1 Comment

THE SUMMER OF 1970 was a busy time, especially on Monday, Aug. 3. There wasn’t yet a B.C. Day stat holiday; it was the beginning of a new work week. The sky was clear, the [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – I’m an old man, and you’re going to kill me with COVID-19

July 25, 2020 // 3 Comments

I’M 76 YEARS OLD and I want to know why you’re trying to kill me. You know who you are. You’re the one who doesn’t wear a mask because you feel embarrassed, believe [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – How the pandemic has changed the way we do medicine

July 18, 2020 // 0 Comments

I HAD AN APPOINTMENT with my doctor this week. He was in his office in Vancouver; I was in my house. We met on Facetime. Actually, I have several doctors. My nurse [Continue]