EDITORIAL – Political opportunism, thy name is Leona Alleslev
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF YOU LOOK UP the definition of political opportunism, don’t be surprised if the name Leona Alleslev comes up. She’s the Liberal MP who [Continue]
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EDITORIAL – First election forum was a mulligan; candidates will get better
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE FIRST CAMPAIGN FORUM of the new civic election season today (Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018) was a lot more valuable to the candidates than it [Continue]
ARMCHAIR MAYOR – Running twice, running in place and not running at all
SOME CIVIC ELECTION odds and ends to catch up on this week. I’ve recently written about a couple of quirks of our civic election system. One is that people are allowed to [Continue]
ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – History shows Kamloops voters don’t like big changes
The following excerpt is from a column published Nov. 15, 2008 in The Kamloops Daily News. Ten years later, the situation now isn’t an exact comparison to what it was [Continue]
EDITORIAL – The civic election in Kamloops doesn’t have to be boring
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger MAYBE YOU’VE NEVER heard of William Turnbull. I certainly didn’t until he decided to run for mayor of Kamloops — then I had to look him [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Let’s stop fighting about pitbulls and look for solutions
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ANOTHER FATAL pitbull attack, this time in Calgary, and once again the question of whether to ban the breed comes up. It’s a little like [Continue]
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