ROTHENBURGER – Would you buy a used car from a politician?
I BOUGHT A USED VEHICLE a couple of weeks ago. It reminded me how little I understand about some parts of our tax system. I get the concepts of income taxes and property [Continue]
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ROTHENBURGER – Reflections on having become an old man
I’M AN OLD MAN. That might not seem like much of an accomplishment to you, but there’ve been times when I thought I might not make it this far. I turned 75 this week and [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – City’s Heritage Commission ignored out of existence
KAMLOOPS CITY COUNCIL could learn a thing or two from the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral. Within hours of the devastating blaze that destroyed a large part of one of the [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Encylopedia of old gets no respect, but people still read
ALMOST FIVE YEARS AGO, I began reading my pristine 1968 edition of The American People’s Encyclopedia. I bought it from a door-to-door salesman after I got my first [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Coffee shop democracy is always the best kind
IT’S 20 AFTER 4 on Thursday afternoon at the Moustache and Go coffee shop on Tranquille Road. The Moustache and Go has only been open a couple of weeks and its sign [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Plastic bags – remember the shoe commercial
THERE’S A SLOGAN in a running-shoe commercial that says, “Just do it.” Kamloops City councillors should remember it when they talk about banning plastic bags. A notice [Continue]
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