Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – Mayoral by-election looks like a zero-sum game so far

August 21, 2017 // 3 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHEN VOTERS elect a mayor, how much of what he or she says can they expect to come about? How valid, in other words, are [Continue]

BEING MAYOR – Life at City Hall, Chapter 5

August 21, 2017 // 0 Comments

By MEL ROTHENBURGER This is the fifth in a series on my experiences as the mayor of Kamloops from 1999 to 2005. I offer it for the interest of anyone who cares about civic [Continue]

TRUMP TWEETS OF THE WEEK – ‘Sometimes you need protest to heal’

August 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

Heading back to Washington after working hard and watching some of the worst and most dishonest Fake News reporting I have ever seen! — Donald J. Trump [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Media have lost all objectivity in reporting on Trump

August 19, 2017 // 7 Comments

ALMOST EVERYTHING Donald Trump says and does is so utterly loathsome to me that I fear I’ve lost all sense of objectivity about the man. And that is clearly what has [Continue]

EDITORIAL – City Hall is mad as hell

August 16, 2017 // 8 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. AN EXCITING THING happened in Kamloops City council chambers yesterday. After years of being oh-so-properly-neutral on [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Kudos to NDP for putting an end to the grizzly bear trophy hunt

August 15, 2017 // 3 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. TERMINATING the grizzly bear trophy hunt, as announced Monday by Forests Minister Doug Donaldson, is worthy of a round of [Continue]