Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – Nature park still the best use for McArthur Island golf property

September 25, 2018 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ONE ISSUE THAT will help separate the bold from the timid in the Kamloops civic election has already come up — what to do with the old [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Political opportunism, thy name is Leona Alleslev

September 24, 2018 // 1 Comment

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]

EDITORIAL – First election forum was a mulligan; candidates will get better

September 22, 2018 // 1 Comment

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

September 22, 2018 // 0 Comments

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

September 21, 2018 // 0 Comments

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

September 20, 2018 // 3 Comments

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]