Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – The old neighbourhood just isn’t what it used to be

June 5, 2018 // 0 Comments

An AmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHATEVER HAPPENED to our neighbourhoods? They used to be peaceful places, where kids grew up in safely and everybody could [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Have the Greens really made any difference to B.C. politics?

June 4, 2018 // 3 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S BEEN A YEAR since the NDP and Greens teamed up to take power away from the BC Liberals and, to hear the [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Going behind the headlines to get the whole story

June 2, 2018 // 0 Comments

HEADLINES ARE a good way of finding out if we want to read a news story. But the news story itself is filtered by the writer based on his or her idea of which facts are worth [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – The day the waterfront centre was rejected

June 1, 2018 // 3 Comments

Today, we revisit the 1987 referendum on the proposed $50-million Waterfront Centre that would have included a convention centre, sports coliseum, museum and performing arts [Continue]

EDITORIAL – McLeod’s private member’s bill on medical pot was common sense

June 1, 2018 // 1 Comment

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A PRIVATE MEMBER’S BILL sponsored by Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod went down in flames Wednesday but she [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Wording of referendum will kill proportional representation

May 31, 2018 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. LET’S SEE IF we can boil down the plan for a referendum on electoral-system changes in B.C., shall we? Notice, by the [Continue]