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ROTHENBURGER – Letter signed by five City councillors raises questions

July 14, 2018 // 4 Comments

SEVERAL WORDS COME TO MIND with respect to the open letter signed by five City councillors in support of proportional representation. Courageous. Creative. Strange. Setting [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Flag debate – making the world a more complicated place

June 27, 2018 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S TRUE THE WORLD is more complicated than it used to be but that’s because we make it that way. In the old days, a community group [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Bemused and befuddled in the Twilight Zone of local politics

February 13, 2018 // 1 Comment

POLITICIANS! There are weeks when the only thing you can do is give your head a shake and wonder in bemused befuddlement, if we have indeed entered the Twilight Zone of [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Creative thinking a good way to get shut down by City council

January 30, 2018 // 3 Comments

THINGS GOT a bit testy at City Hall last Tuesday when Councillor Cavers introduced his motion asking staff to review and have a look at best practices when it came to snow [Continue]

November’s civic elections will be for four-year terms

February 25, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS — Civic politicians will now have to go to the polls only once every four years between elections. Community, Sport and Cultural Development Minister Coralee Oakes [Continue]

City looks at bicycle-friendly roundabout on Nicola

January 21, 2014 // 7 Comments

NEWS — Roundabouts aren’t everybody’s cup of tea, but they’re coming into increasing vogue as City traffic planners look for ways to increase safety. Soon, cyclists [Continue]

Council reluctant to crack down on outdoor smoking

January 21, 2014 // 1 Comment

NEWS — City council was urged today to ramp up the fight against second-hand smoke but it made no promises. Jeff Connors of the Interior Smoke Free Coalition pointed out [Continue]

Arts and heritage: believing, doing two different things

January 13, 2014 // 0 Comments

ARMCHAIR MAYOR SAYS — I’m not sure which is in worse shape, Kamloops arts or Kamloops heritage. Nobody seems interested enough in either. The Community Arts Commission [Continue]

City Council needs to get out of secondary suites

December 5, 2013 // 0 Comments

ARMCHAIR MAYOR SAYS — It’s time City council got out of the business of secondary suites. For the second time, council has rejected a rezoning application by Tinniswood [Continue]

My thoughts on Coun. Arjun’s thoughts on my thoughts

November 1, 2013 // 0 Comments

ARMCHAIR MAYOR SAYS — One more followup to the methodology of the citizens’ committee/task force that reviewed Kamloops City council salaries and recommended a whopping [Continue]

What’s the difference between banner, protest march?

October 31, 2013 // 0 Comments

ARMCHAIR MAYOR SAYS — When I saw the video of Deputy Mayor Nelly Dever and councillors Tina Lange, Arjun Singh, and Ken Christian at the citizens protest march over the [Continue]

Why Mayor Milobar should invoke Section 131

October 24, 2013 // 0 Comments

ARMCHAIR MAYOR SAYS — There’s a little known and rarely used law in B.C. that gives mayors the power of forcing sober second thought on issues they deem important. Mayor [Continue]

More on why iPads for City council make sense

October 15, 2013 // 1 Comment

ARMCHAIR MAYOR SAYS — Below is the Armchair Mayor column published in The Kamloops Daily News on Oct. 10. At that writing, I hadn’t been able to reach Dave Duckworth [Continue]

Proposed task force on pay for City council falls short

June 24, 2013 // 0 Comments

Aside from the fact there’s no need for a task force to review Kamloops City council remuneration at all, the proposed terms of reference for said task force fall short [Continue]