Armchair Mayor

ROTHENBURGER – Is the end of summer on the horizon, or the end of days?

August 5, 2017 // 5 Comments

IS THE END of summer on the horizon, or the end of days? It feels more like the latter. We’ve come to commonly apply the term “Apocalypse” to wildfire season. A sense [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – If only we were this kind to animals all the time

July 29, 2017 // 1 Comment

ONE OF THE most popular places to volunteer during this wildfire summer is — any place with animals. Some days, the agencies that look after evacuated pets have more offers [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Why machine politics wins election campaigns

July 22, 2017 // 2 Comments

THE BY-ELECTION for mayor got more interesting Friday, but the outcome more predictable. Dr. Cindy Ross-Friedman, one of the declared mayoralty candidates, sent around a [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Five plus one oppose Ajax – council’s position now clear

July 17, 2017 // 9 Comments

THERE’S NOW no question that the City of Kamloops is officially opposed to Ajax. Had the vote been held three weeks ago, it would have been 6-1 against the mine. As it [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Council should just say no to Ajax, minus ifs, ands or buts

July 15, 2017 // 7 Comments

KAMLOOPS City council has a big decision to make Monday, and it’s not as cut and dried as it seems. True, the council will vote no on Ajax, because at least four out of the [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Proof of God’s existence is on the streets of Kamloops

July 8, 2017 // 5 Comments

ALL MY LIFE, I’ve been skeptical about the existence of a supreme being. I was raised an atheist, but drifted toward agnosticism quite some time ago. I dabbled in studying [Continue]