Armchair Mayor

EDITORIAL – City at least half right with proposal for McIsland golf property

May 7, 2018 // 4 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WELL, IT LOOKS like the City is on the right track with the question of what to do with the McArthur Island mini-golf [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – City’s newest public art piece should have good wheels

May 5, 2018 // 0 Comments

I CAN HARDLY WAIT for the unveiling of our next major piece of public art, a monument to the volunteers of the 2017 wildfires. Public art in Kamloops is always like opening a [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Handling of parkade incompetent or brilliant?

May 4, 2018 // 8 Comments

The following Armchair Mayor column was published Oct. 12, 2011 as the proposal for a parkade in the Heritage House parking lot came to a conclusion: AS THE COUNTING gets [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Suzuki row shows risk of relying on corporate funding

April 28, 2018 // 2 Comments

If corporate donations are going to be clawed back over something as unimportant as an honorary doctorate to an unpopular environmentalist, what will happen when something [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Running a big university is not an easy gig

April 21, 2018 // 3 Comments

THE ANNOUNCEMENT of Thompson Rivers University’s new president had scarcely been made before word got around about a high-profile incident he’d been involved in at his [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – A candid talk with the one and only Mr. Joe Troll

April 14, 2018 // 1 Comment

Hey, if it isn’t Joe Troll. Good morning, Joe! JOE TROLL: You’re an idiot! Great day, isn’t it? JOE TROLL: That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. Do your [Continue]