Rothenburger

ROTHENBURGER – How governments self-promote instead of inform

April 27, 2024 // 5 Comments

ARE OUR PUBLIC BODIES in the information business, or the propaganda business? The answer might seem obvious but their way of going about it can be annoying. Every time one [Continue]

EDITORIAL – A fond farewell to the airwaves from the Armchair Mayor

April 25, 2024 // 8 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I’M AN OLD MAN. This is a fact I’ve been reluctant to acknowledge. I hate it when the media refer to anyone over the age of 60 as [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Why was another ‘council’ photo taken without the mayor?

April 24, 2024 // 15 Comments

A short editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ONCE AGAIN, Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson is left out of a photo of ‘Kamloops council.’ The above image showed up on my X/ [Continue]

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]