Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – Board may as well not have asked public about school’s name

April 24, 2024 // 12 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT WAS NO SURPRISE that the Kamloops school board chose an indigenous name for the new school in Pineview Valley. For one thing, [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Councillors, staff seem to think we don’t need a full-time mayor

April 23, 2024 // 10 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. OBVIOUSLY CITY COUNCILLORS don’t think Kamloops deserves a full-time mayor any more than City administrators do. At today’s council [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Canada regains a moment of pride at the good old hockey game

April 22, 2024 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE WAS a touching moment just before the game between the Vancouver Canucks and Nashville Predators last night (Sunday, April 22, 2024). [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Is the mayor of Kamloops suddenly only allowed to work 9 to 5?

April 21, 2024 // 11 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. UPDATE (Sunday afternoon): Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson phoned back to say he’d found an email notifying him and councillors that access [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – A modest proposal for a better citizen satisfaction survey

April 20, 2024 // 6 Comments

IT WILL SOON BE TIME for the Kamloops citizen satisfaction survey, when taxpayers will have an opportunity to say what they think of their city. The survey will be carried [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Who would survive if we had a recall law for City councils?

April 18, 2024 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I’LL WAGER THAT if B.C. had recall legislation for municipal politicians, eight of the nine current members of Kamloops City council would [Continue]