Editorials

EDITORIAL – Cheery outlook for minority government will soon fade

May 25, 2017 // 3 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WE OFFICIALLY have a minority government in British Columbia for the first time since Social Credit came to power in 1952. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Should civic politicians get a third of their pay tax free?

May 24, 2017 // 2 Comments

MUNICIPAL politicians receive a benefit a lot of people might not know about — a third of their stipend is tax free. It’s been that way since I remember, and it’s there [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Let’s be clear about what Marg Spina’s fellow councillors said

May 23, 2017 // 4 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger LET’S SET the record straight about that conversation around the City council table last week with respect to Coun. Marg [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Banning cellphones from schools sounds like a darn good idea

May 19, 2017 // 1 Comment

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A SCHOOL in Victoria is going to ban cellphones. Sounds like a good idea to me. As of September, students of Central Middle [Continue]

EDITORIAL – ‘Boldly unscripted’ slogan meaningless, but as good as any

May 18, 2017 // 3 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT WOULD have been fun to sit in on the brainstorming session for the new Tourism Kamloops slogan. Fun to listen to the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Mayoralty by-election issue like a ‘who’s on first’ comedy routine

May 17, 2017 // 2 Comments

WE WERE supposed to find out yesterday if there’ll be a by-election for the mayor of Kamloops. We didn’t. It’s getting to be like that old Abbott and Costello [Continue]