Editorials

EDITORIAL – Enforce the two-dog rule or toss it out and try something else

June 15, 2017 // 6 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE’S AN OLD saying that ignorance of the law is no excuse. When it comes to owning too many dogs in Kamloops, [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Report on Ajax gives ammunition to both sides but…

June 14, 2017 // 2 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editor by Mel Rothenburger. THERE’S SOMETHING for everybody in the SLR Consulting report on the KGHM Ajax application released by the City on Tuesday. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The only word for Clark’s cabinet announcement is ‘bizarre’

June 13, 2017 // 8 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ‘BIZARRE’ is an over-used word when it comes to politics, but it fits the latest act in the Victoria gong show — [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Clark’s Site C ‘deadline’ passes; game of chicken still on

June 12, 2017 // 2 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE FOUR-DAY deadline on Site C came and went on the weekend and the sun still rises in the morning. Last week, Premier [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Appointing new cabinet a waste of moving expenses

June 9, 2017 // 3 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE GOVERNMENT will return to business in a couple of weeks and it’s not a day too soon as far as the NDP and Greens are [Continue]

EDITORIAL – ‘Fringe’ candidates have a role to play in civic elections

June 8, 2017 // 3 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. The presence of so-called “fringe” candidates in municipal elections, as I’ve often said, is a re-affirmation of [Continue]