Rothenburger

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]

ROTHENBURGER – A surprise piece of mail reopens the debate on mayor’s conduct

April 6, 2024 // 15 Comments

THINGS SOMETIMES arrive in unexpected ways. Take the Integrity Group report on an investigation into Mayor Reid-Hamer Jackson’s conduct at City Hall, for example. The [Continue]

EDITOR – Tax exemptions for developers won’t solve housing crunch

April 4, 2024 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. DEVELOPMENT COST CHARGES don’t make for exciting reading. In fact, a lot of people probably don’t even know what they are, but they go [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Please, let’s let the Byron McCorkell episode go away now

April 3, 2024 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE BYRON McCORKELL affair is over. Let it stay that way. Acting CAO McCorkell was suspended from his job, then he was re-instated. Let it [Continue]