ROTHENBURGER – Warning to candidates: prepare for crap and abuse
IT’S COMMON SPECULATION that at least 30 people will put their names forward for councillor positions plus several for mayor in the upcoming Kamloops civic election. [Continue]
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ROTHENBURGER – Letter signed by five City councillors raises questions
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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]
