Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – Federal NDP leader was right to confront the name callers

September 22, 2024 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. JAGMEET SINGH went up a notch in my books this week. Singh doesn’t shy away from confronting hecklers if he thinks they’re out of line [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Deputy mayors now pretending to be the real mayor

September 21, 2024 // 11 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S BEEN FIVE MONTHS since councillors removed Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson as the official spokesperson for the City. Not only did they do [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Burning of our beloved old Red Bridge is an outrage

September 19, 2024 // 10 Comments

I’M SPITTING MAD today. I’m mad at the stupidity of some in our society, and angry we don’t seem to be able to do anything about it. The Red Bridge is lost to us. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Why Mayor Hamer-Jackson should be at the UBCM convention

September 18, 2024 // 13 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. MOST MEMBERS of Kamloops City council are at the annual Union of B.C. Municipalities convention in Vancouver. One of those who isn’t there [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – A fly in the ointment of the alternative approval process

September 17, 2024 // 15 Comments

WHEN COLEY ECKER went to City Hall yesterday (Sept. 16, 2024), she was hoping for some reassurance about the thousands of AAP forms she and the Kamloops AAP Vote Group had [Continue]

EDITORIAL – A reminder about a very important deadline on Friday

September 11, 2024 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. FRIDAY AFTERNOON is an important time for Kamloops. At 4 p.m., the deadline passes for returning “No” forms to City Hall. If 8,713 or [Continue]