Armchair Mayor

ROTHENBURGER – Vision: sometimes we get it right, sometimes we don’t

January 19, 2019 // 4 Comments

ONE OF THE TOUGHEST QUESTIONS we ask our politicians is, “What is your vision for Kamloops?” More often than not, the response has something to do with a clean, safe city [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Five hurdles the performing arts centre must cross

January 12, 2019 // 1 Comment

IT’S A PRETTY SAFE assumption that another referendum on a performing arts centre is in the cards. The challenge will be to get it over the 50 per cent threshold. Since the [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – We lost some very good people in 2018

January 5, 2019 // 2 Comments

I ONCE ARM-WRESTLED Dr. Cynthia Ross-Friedman. In March 2014 I was interviewing her for a segment of Coffee With the Armchair Mayor, a feature I used to do for CBC Radio. I [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – The Armchair Mayor Awards for news misses of 2018

December 29, 2018 // 0 Comments

THE YEAR HAS GONE BY quickly, hasn’t it? Hard to believe it’s time for the 2018 Armchair Mayor Awards for news and news makers that made headlines but not necessarily in [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Frootloops council tackles crisis of snowless Christmas

December 22, 2018 // 4 Comments

THERE IS NO JOY in Frootloops. With only a few days to go before Christmas, the council gathers to deal with a crisis — no snow. As the newbies mill around trying to find [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – There will never be another like Angelo Iacobucci

December 15, 2018 // 0 Comments

ANGELO IACOBUCCI was good column fodder. I once wrote about watching in amazement as he sat in City council chambers during a meeting and ate French fries and clipped his toe [Continue]