Rothenburger

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]

EDITORIAL – More talk than action at annual regional municipal conflab

April 30, 2024 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. MAYORS AND COUNCILLORS, some 250 of them, from the Southern Interior get together in Kamloops starting today for some drinks, a round of [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Eby’s backtrack on public drug use is a good start but that’s all

April 29, 2024 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE DECISION to scale back decriminalization and seek a change allowing enforcement against wanton consumption on illicit drugs in public is [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – A conversation with the mayor, in his inner sanctum

April 28, 2024 // 5 Comments

I sat down with Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson in his City Hall office Friday to discuss… his office, of course, and the controversy surrounding when he’s allowed to be [Continue]