Rothenburger

ROTHENBURGER – Provincial advisor has made things worse, not better

May 7, 2024 // 18 Comments

‘THE PURPOSE of advisors appointed by the provincial government to review dysfunctional City councils is to offer ideas on how to make things better. Unfortunately, the [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Don’t write off student protesters as spoiled kids

May 6, 2024 // 4 Comments

STUDENT PROTESTS at universities in Canada, the U.S. and elsewhere are drawing a lot of controversy, condemnation and mockery, all of it deserved to some degree. The fact [Continue]

EDITORIAL – It was a truly wacko week in Canadian politics

May 4, 2024 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. GOOD TO KNOW there’s one place in Canada where people have to be polite to one another. There are various lines of thought on what [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – City, heritage advocates must step up to restore St. Andrew’s

May 2, 2024 // 7 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. St. ANDREW’S ON THE SQUARE sustained considerable damage in a fire this morning (Thursday, May 2, 2024) and it will take quite a while to [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – A short visit to SILGA in quest of the ‘bullying’ resolution

May 1, 2024 // 8 Comments

RESOLUTION 39 would be kind of funny if it wasn’t so sad. The resolution, titled ‘Bullying and harassment by local elected officials’ was debated today (May 1, 2024) at [Continue]

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: disqualify elected reps who ‘repeatedly bully’

April 30, 2024 // 8 Comments

A very interesting resolution is being put forward for debate at this week’s annual conference of the Southern Interior Local Government Association in Kamloops. No [Continue]