Editorials

EDITORIAL – Some thoughts about the good job done by the interim mayor

October 17, 2017 // 0 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A NEW MAYOR and two new Kamloops City councillors were sworn into office at a small invitation-only ceremony last night and [Continue]

EDITORIAL – BC Liberal leadership race one big apology, but it’s not convincing

October 16, 2017 // 3 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. CANDIDATES for the leadership of the BC Liberal party held their first debate Sunday afternoon, competing to see who could [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Minimum turnout should be set for ‘prop rep’ referendum

October 12, 2017 // 14 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. AS LONG AS we’re going to be subjected to the proportional representation version of the old Ground Hog Day movie, we’d [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Public comments end; we’ve had every chance to vent on Ajax

October 11, 2017 // 2 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE PUBLIC COMMENT period — the latest and last public comment period — on Ajax quietly came to an end at midnight last [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Rafe Mair’s passing a sad loss for Canadian journalism

October 10, 2017 // 1 Comment

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. CANADIAN JOURNALISM has lost one of its best. News came yesterday of the death of Rafe Mair — former talk-show host, [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Press the pause button on cannabis legalization

October 5, 2017 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SO NOW Justin Trudeau wants to make some money off the legalization of recreational marijuana. In a surprise move, he told [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Attempt at Ajax deal will prove to be a blunder

October 4, 2017 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. KAMLOOPS CITY council — the abbreviated version — closed the book on six and a half years of community-splitting debate [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Terrorism is getting closer and closer to home

October 3, 2017 // 8 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WITH EVERY passing day, terrorism and mass killings seem to be getting closer to home. The horrible mass shooting in Las [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Things we learned from the Kamloops by-election

October 2, 2017 // 2 Comments

An AmrchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SO, WHAT did we learn from the by-election? Well, for one thing, even though the turnout was diaphanously better than most [Continue]

EDITORIAL – If you just don’t know, don’t vote

September 27, 2017 // 1 Comment

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S COMMON wisdom during elections that everybody should get out and vote. With a civic by-election coming up in [Continue]

EDITORIAL – What did John O’Fee do wrong?

September 25, 2017 // 4 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE BEST DAY for releasing bad news is Friday. Governments know that people don’t pay as much attention to the world on [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Thompson-Nicola Regional District politics is worthy of attention

September 22, 2017 // 4 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE REGIONAL DISTRICT board of directors met for three hours on Thursday (Sept. 21, 2017), working through a busy agenda [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Those who would ban election signs are party poopers

September 21, 2017 // 0 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I’m a fan of election signs. Always have been. A lot of people aren’t. They say they’re a blight on the landscape, [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Taxpayers shouldn’t have to subsidize political campaigns

September 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT REALLY IS hard to know who to cheer for in Victoria these days. The NPD government is ending the so-called “Wild [Continue]