ROTHENBURGER – Has everyone caught a case of by-election fever?
HAS KAMLOOPS gone mad with civic fervor, or fever, as the case may be? The City puts out a call for applications for a few temporary jobs and gets swamped with people [Continue]
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EDITORIAL – Proposal to take Sir John A.’s name off schools is ridiculous
An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE ELEMENTARY Teachers’ Federation of Ontario has done everyone a favour in pointing out how ridiculous the movement to [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Convention centre, marketing southwest area nothing new
SOMETIMES OLD IDEAS become new again. Sometimes that’s a good thing, sometimes not so much. The idea of a Kamloops convention centre has raised its head. So has the idea of [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Dress-code controversy a pain in the gluteal fold
An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I LEARNED something new this past week. You and I have a gluteal fold. Two, actually. As best I can tell — and I’ve [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Mayoral by-election looks like a zero-sum game so far
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
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]
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