Editorials

EDITORIAL – Would it kill the cashier to notice that I’m a person?

November 28, 2017 // 4 Comments

I HAVE MIXED feelings about shopping at the best of times. If I’m looking for a new power saw or some electronics, I’m in. The everyday bread and milk, not so much. The [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The voodoo math of proportional representation

November 27, 2017 // 11 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I TOOK a few minutes Sunday to fill in the survey on B.C. electoral reform. The survey results will, no doubt, provide the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Give Allan Schoenborn the best of treatment, but keep him inside

November 23, 2017 // 4 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ONE OF THE foundations of our Canadian justice system is the belief that even those guilty of the most unthinkable acts are [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Fast action needed to fix Stuart Wood homeless-shelter issues

November 22, 2017 // 5 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SOMETIMES good intentions aren’t enough to make an idea work the way it should. Worries were expressed about using the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – God should have picked somebody else to look after animals

November 21, 2017 // 3 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHEN GOD gave humans stewardship over all creatures great and small, She really screwed up. According to scientists, some [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Good City Hall communication is worth paying for

November 20, 2017 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. CALL THEM communications strategists, communications specialists, public relations practitioners or spin doctors, people [Continue]