City council

ROTHENBURGER: Say goodbye to any hope of peace between mayor, council

March 18, 2023 // 5 Comments

AS THE NOON HOUR APPROACHED Friday, six Kamloops City councillors got up and left a Thompson-Nicola Regional District strategic planning meeting at the Delta Hotel. The [Continue]

EDITORIAL – What if politicians got their ducks in a row and parked the jargon?

March 6, 2023 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. DID YOU KNOW that Kamloops is going to get a new piece in the housing continuum? Yes, indeed, I watched the most recent meeting of Kamloops [Continue]

BEPPLE – Even politicians go to school

March 2, 2023 // 2 Comments

THIS WEEK, Kamloops City council is attending the three-day Local Government Leadership Academy in Kelowna. We’re there along with with hundreds of local council members [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Well that was a Tuesday afternoon we’ll never get back

March 1, 2023 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I COULD WRITE A BOOK about Tuesday’s Kamloops City council meeting. A title comes to mind: Gong Show 2. Unfortunately, I have only 325 [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Council should encourage dialogue with public, not shut it down

February 27, 2023 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE’S NOTHING UNUSUAL, or wrong, with putting limits on how long members of the public can speak to City council either at regular [Continue]

WALSH – Councillors put obstacles in front of people wanting to talk to them

February 24, 2023 // 4 Comments

By DENIS WALSH ArmchairMayor.ca contributor ON A LOCAL RADIO SHOW last week, Coun. Dale Bass justified her recent notice of motion by saying it would “Keep communication [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Announcing the Bad News Awards for 1975

February 24, 2023 // 0 Comments

For this week’s edition of Armchair Archives, we go back to 1976. The following column was published in The Kamloops News on Jan. 30, 1976, not long after I returned to [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – City council’s strange approach to writing a Code of Conduct

February 18, 2023 // 4 Comments

EVERY CITY COUNCIL should have a Code of Conduct but the Kamloops council’s approach to it is perplexing. At this week’s Committee of the Whole meeting, corporate officer [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – It’s not the politicians who run the governments

February 17, 2023 // 2 Comments

The following column was published in The Kamloops Daily News on Jan. 7, 1983. THERE’S A MISTAKEN IMPRESSION among many members of the general public that Kamloops [Continue]

BEPPLE – Limiting each speaker to five minutes serves everyone’s interests

February 15, 2023 // 1 Comment

MEETINGS ARE CORE to what a city council is about. Meetings are where information is presented, issues are debated, and decisions are made. The business of the City of [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Turning a City council meeting into a complete gong show

February 1, 2023 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A GONG SHOW. A circus. A comedy of errors. Those are some of the ways to describe Tuesday’s Kamloops City council meeting. It was painful [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – The city can’t afford four years of council playing silly bugger

January 14, 2023 // 2 Comments

THERE ARE THREE YEARS, eight months and three days until the next civic election. The way things are going with Kamloops City council, it’s going to feel like forever. The [Continue]

PETERS – Opportunity cost is mounting for Kamloops council

January 14, 2023 // 1 Comment

HERE IN KAMLOOPS, we’ve moved past the point where it’s surprising when Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson misses a meeting or appearance. The latest instance this week was a [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: City council still a has long way to go on building teamwork

January 12, 2023 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. KAMLOOPS CITY COUNCIL held a team-building exercise on Tuesday. A facilitator was there to help. CAO David Trawin was there. Mayor Reid [Continue]