Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – City caught flat-footed with sale of The Loop drop-in property

April 17, 2024 // 9 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. CHEERS OF APPROVAL have already begun over the impending closure of The Loop after the announced sale of its current leased building. The [Continue]

EDITORIAL – How to turn an interview with the mayor into a total gong show

April 14, 2024 // 12 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SOME PEOPLE should never be in the same room together. In the case of Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson and CHNL’s afternoon talker Brett Mineer, [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – In days of old, before Kamloops City Hall became a fortress…

April 13, 2024 // 8 Comments

CONTRARY TO PREVAILING public opinion, City Hall has not always been a place of discontent between councils and administrators. While there have been times when [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Lockout of mayor and council makes it clear who’s in charge

April 12, 2024 // 15 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. NOW WE KNOW for sure who’s in charge at City Hall. It’s not the mayor. It’s not even councillors. It’s administration. Some might [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Pointing the finger for allowing drugs, weapons in hospitals

April 11, 2024 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF YOU’VE BEEN WONDERING who to blame for allowing illicit drug consumption and weapons in B.C. hospitals, and leakage from the “safe” [Continue]

EDITORIAL – What did the CSO arbitration cost Kamloops taxpayers?

April 10, 2024 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger IT WAS GOOD NEWS when the City announced that all the problems have been ironed out with the Canadian Union of Public Employees over the [Continue]