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ARMCHAIR MAYOR – The day Harry’s parents paid a visit to Kamloops

May 19, 2018 // 1 Comment

BIG DAY, royal wedding and all. Today is all about Harry and Meghan. Seems like only yesterday it was all about Charles and Diana. Chuck and Di. Back when Harry was just a [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – The ‘It’s not who I am’ excuse doesn’t work anymore

May 12, 2018 // 0 Comments

THERE’S AN OLD saying in business, “It’s better to ask forgiveness than permission.” Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. There’s a new saying when [Continue]

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]