Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – Media an easy target to make ‘enemy of the people’

February 21, 2017 // 4 Comments

An ArmchairMayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE IMPERFECTIONS of the media are well-documented but very often exaggerated. Nobody knows that better, or is more effective [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Not enough days in the week for B.C. Liberals to hand out good news

February 20, 2017 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. HOLY MACKEREL, by the time the election gets here in May, British Columbians will think they’ve died and gone to heaven. As [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – The next time you worry about immigrants, spit into a tube and send it to the lab

February 18, 2017 // 3 Comments

I SPIT into a plastic tube a few weeks ago and popped it in the mail. This week, I got the results and the verdict is in — I am a classic universal Canadian. DNA testing [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Accept no bafflegab from candidates on two major local issues: healthcare and Ajax

February 17, 2017 // 4 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WEEKS BEFORE the B.C. election campaign is even officially underway, the pivotal issues in the two Kamloops ridings have [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – There were so many more Dave and Morley stories to tell; Sundays will be different now

February 16, 2017 // 2 Comments

WE HAVE LOST a great Canadian story teller but we have his stories to keep the memory of him fresh, forever. I’m talking, of course, about Stuart McLean, the man who became [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Throne Speech masterfully vague yet crystal clear

February 15, 2017 // 1 Comment

THRONE SPEECHES are always vague (governments preferring to keep the good stuff for budgets) but the one delivered Tuesday in Victoria was masterfully done — so bereft of [Continue]