Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – Not much food for thought in MLA Milobar’s brown-bag bill

May 15, 2018 // 5 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. NOTHING REPRESENTS the entitlement of politicians more clearly and simply than a free lunch. Taxpayers picture their [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The way we prepare for fires and floods must change

May 14, 2018 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE REPORT on last year’s floods and wildfires has been released, right in the middle of a brand new flood season and on [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – The ‘It’s not who I am’ excuse doesn’t work anymore

May 12, 2018 // 0 Comments

THERE’S AN OLD saying in business, “It’s better to ask forgiveness than permission.” Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. There’s a new saying when [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – You do not want to try this at home, or in your car

May 11, 2018 // 2 Comments

This column by Mel Rothenburger was published on Dec. 7, 1977: LETTERS TO the editor during the past couple of weeks have brought out into the open what has previously been a [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Leave Roderick Haig-Brown’s name on provincial park

May 10, 2018 // 4 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. EVERY YEAR, thousands flock to Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park in the Shuswap to enjoy the Adams River sockeye run. [Continue]

EDITORIAL: Panhandlers aren’t the ones we need to be worried about

May 9, 2018 // 1 Comment

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. AGGRESSIVE PANHANDLING, we’re being told, is once again on the rise in downtown Kamloops. According to a report to the [Continue]