Armchair Mayor

ROTHENBURGER – The uphill battle to get rid of one-way streets downtown

August 10, 2019 // 0 Comments

WHEN I ASKED Coun. Denis Walsh on last week’s segment of CFJC-TV’s Balance of Powerwhat single thing he’d fix about downtown Kamloops if he could, I was surprised at [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: It’s getting harder to justify illegal pot shops

August 3, 2019 // 1 Comment

THIS WEEK’S MARIJUANA RAIDS were a case of déjà vu all over again. The law swept down on two illegal cannabis dispensaries, including Canadian Safe Cannabis Services on [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Fondly remembering the best boss I ever had

July 27, 2019 // 1 Comment

KAMLOOPS HAS HAD many outstanding media people over the years. Names like Jack Knox, Walter Jones, Frances Bula, Dave Obee, Angelo Iacobucci, Bob Price, Jim Harrison, Susan [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – More on how we try, and mostly fail, to control panhandling

July 20, 2019 // 4 Comments

SUPPOSE YOU’RE AT THE BANK MACHINE and there’s a panhandler sitting or standing there and he asks you for some spare change. Would you feel comfortable sliding your bank [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Plastic bag fiasco proves need for recall for city councils

July 13, 2019 // 2 Comments

DO YOU EVER WISH there was a way to throw the rascals out without waiting for the next election? There is at the provincial level, but not municipal. Maybe it’s time for an [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – City council’s toughest choice – green or growth

July 6, 2019 // 5 Comments

SELDOM HAS AN ISSUE been so starkly defined within the walls of Kamloops City Hall as during council’s climate change debate. And never before have we heard Coun. Arjun [Continue]