EDITORIAL – Attempt at Ajax deal will prove to be a blunder
An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. KAMLOOPS CITY council — the abbreviated version — closed the book on six and a half years of community-splitting debate [Continue]
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EDITORIAL – Terrorism is getting closer and closer to home
An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WITH EVERY passing day, terrorism and mass killings seem to be getting closer to home. The horrible mass shooting in Las [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Things we learned from the Kamloops by-election
An AmrchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SO, WHAT did we learn from the by-election? Well, for one thing, even though the turnout was diaphanously better than most [Continue]
BEING MAYOR – Life at City Hall, Chapter 9: Reality Check
This is the ninth in a series of articles about my years as the mayor of Kamloops between 1999 and 2005. By MEL ROTHENBURGER ‘You are not in charge around here; we are.” [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – A topsy-turvy week of politics in B.C.
After-hours talk at UBCM convention was about the Kamloops by-election, and the BC Liberal leadership race IT SHOULD COME as no surprise that, when politicians get together, [Continue]
UBCM – Civic reps turn thumbs down on bringing back ‘iconic’ water bomber
By MEL ROTHENBURGER Director, Electoral Area P, TNRD The famous Martin Mars water bomber won’t be dousing the flames of B.C.’s wildfires any time soon, if civic leaders [Continue]
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