EDITORIAL – City Hall is mad as hell
An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. AN EXCITING THING happened in Kamloops City council chambers yesterday. After years of being oh-so-properly-neutral on [Continue]
Editorials
EDITORIAL – Kudos to NDP for putting an end to the grizzly bear trophy hunt
An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. TERMINATING the grizzly bear trophy hunt, as announced Monday by Forests Minister Doug Donaldson, is worthy of a round of [Continue]
EDITORIAL: Has anybody been listening to us on Ajax?
An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE’S ENOUGH in the joint federal-provincial report on Ajax to make you wonder whether anybody in senior [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Political arithmetic of pipeline, dam and Ajax is worrisome
An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IS ANYONE ELSE feeling a little nervous about a possible unfortunate connection between the Trans Mountain pipeline, Site C [Continue]
EDITORIAL – How much booze should the designated driver consume?
An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE CONCERNS by restaurateurs over a federal proposal to lower the blood-alcohol limit for impaired drivers from .08 to .05 [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Where, oh where, is that one good man or woman to lead city?
There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Does wildfire volunteer effort need to get a second wind?
An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. YOU COULD call it volunteer fatigue, or maybe volunteer dropout. After a few weeks of high-energy response to the wildfire [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Raw nerves become exposed during times of great stress
An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger DURING TIMES of crisis, it’s natural for our sensitivities to be heightened. It wasn’t surprising, then, to receive an [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Top 10 reasons why Todd Stone could succeed Christy Clark
An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE ARE a lot of reasons Todd Stone has a shot at becoming the next leader of the BC Liberals and, therefore, a future [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Sorry, Conservatives won’t be the next thing in B.C. politics
An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. OH, GOSH when will the BC Conservatives give up and find something better to do? They can’t find a leader and remain [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Why can’t we accept a compliment for our prime minister?
An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. “Justin Trudeau is trying to Make Canada Great Again. He is using, let us say, different methods.” — [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Nine billion reasons we should use cloth shopping bags
An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHILE I WAS contemplating Wednesday’s editorial on plastic bags, I happened to pick up a copy of the National Post and [Continue]
EDITORIAL – The horror of separating plastic bags from our recycling
An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IMAGINE, if you will, a household recycling bin. We all have them, right? We take a pop can and toss it into the bin, because [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Let Pride fly the rainbow flag at City Hall on parade day
An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger THERE’S A difference between setting a precedent and making a one-time exception. And for just about every rule, [Continue]
