ROTHENBURGER – When is one more bylaw one bylaw too many?
Was a time when bylaws were enforced to change behaviour. Now, it seems, they’re for informational purposes THERE USED TO BE a bylaw in Vancouver that prohibited [Continue]
Armchair Mayor
ROTHENBURGER – Why civic politics is actually a step up from provincial
We often think of provincial or federal politics as being a step up from serving on a local council, but think again IS BEING AN MLA really a step up from civic politics? [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Why we fear rattlesnakes more than clowns
THERE WAS A GUY who lived in our home town when I was growing up who made the local paper every year. He was a minor celebrity, a bit of a folk hero, even, because he killed [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Going behind the headlines to get the whole story
HEADLINES ARE a good way of finding out if we want to read a news story. But the news story itself is filtered by the writer based on his or her idea of which facts are worth [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Are we too easy, or too tough on our young people?
“At the age of nine I had to do the work of a teenager, working with four horses hitched to a set of harrows walking behind barefooted. Boots couldn’t be worn because [Continue]
EDITORIAL – The question that shouldn’t be asked at U.S. border
An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE SAD STATE of Canada-U.S. relations is no more obvious than in the marijuana border rule. Let me explain. Recreational [Continue]
