Armchair Mayor

ROTHENBURGER – How PAC 2.0 has made downtown parking issue vanish

February 15, 2020 // 2 Comments

THE MESSAGING ON the PAC parking issue continues to impress. After years of studies, delegations and failed attempts to build parkades, parking in downtown Kamloops is [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – The time has come to put away anti-pipeline protests

February 8, 2020 // 10 Comments

AT WHAT POINT IS IT TIME to stop protesting and accept reality? I have the feeling that even after the last length of pipe of the Trans Mountain expansion is in the ground, [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – North Shore still struggles with weak-sister image

February 1, 2020 // 1 Comment

TWO EVENTS THIS WEEK highlight the seemingly rigid dichotomy between the South Shore and the North Shore. A major new commercial development called The Kamloops Hive was [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – When municipal politicians think they’re worth too much

January 25, 2020 // 2 Comments

HOW MUCH IS a municipal politician worth? A common answer among taxpayers is likely to be, less than they’re getting. It’s a serious question, though, and a [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: ‘Just plain evil’ columnist contemplates his fan mail

January 18, 2020 // 1 Comment

MY FRIEND Jack Knox, a best-selling author and award-winning newspaper columnist, has a January tradition of collecting some of his favourite insults from among those [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Crapstorm blowing in City Hall over Westsyde pipeline issue

January 11, 2020 // 7 Comments

HERE’S A straight-forward question. Supposing, five or 10 years from now, the oil pipeline that runs through Westsyde splits a seam or whatever it is pipeiines do when they [Continue]