City council

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]