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]
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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]
Proposed task force on pay for City council falls short
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]
Council newbies, please spare us sad stories about your hard work
Shed a tear for the poor City councillor. Apparently, it’s a tough job. In a column in The Daily News, Coun. Ken Christian laments the hard life of the councillor, filled [Continue]
New reasons why City councillors need more money
Just when you think you’ve heard every reason possible from politicians why they should give themselves a raise, they come up with some new material. Yesterday’s [Continue]
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