BEPPLE – Even politicians go to school
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]
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EDITORIAL – Well that was a Tuesday afternoon we’ll never get back
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
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
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
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
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]
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