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EDITORIAL – Please, no dog park at the McArthur Island golf course

October 31, 2017 // 5 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHAT TO DO with the golf course on McArthur Island? Owner Bill Bilton has decided to shut it down and end his lease with [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Should Kamloops get its own police force? No thanks

October 30, 2017 // 1 Comment

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. KAMLOOPS RCMP spent a good part of their weekend thanking the people they serve. It was all about the city’s latest [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – We need less freedom of expression, not more

October 28, 2017 // 4 Comments

Bad things happen when we become too free with our speech. We stop taking responsibility for our own words. We forget our humanity. We become feckless trolls, bullies and [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Cheapo version of Performing Arts Centre won’t cut it

October 26, 2017 // 9 Comments

Hopes for a new performing arts centre need a broad-based coalition that believes in it as a place for all, and believes strongly enough not to accept some scaled-down [Continue]

TNRD EDITORIAL – City council’s new way for picking TNRD reps

October 25, 2017 // 3 Comments

By MEL ROTHENBURGER Director, Electoral Area P, TNRD Kamloops City council will change the way it decides who will sit on the TNRD board beginning with next year’s civic [Continue]

EDITORIAL – If you want to solve ‘problem’ houses, get out your wallet

October 25, 2017 // 1 Comment

Comparatively speaking, Kamloops is still a safe city. Few things make life more miserable, though, than living on a street plagued by criminal activity An ArmchairMayor.ca [Continue]