ARE CITY EMPLOYEES and City council worth their paycheques? That’s a subjective question if there ever was one but first you have to know how much they’re getting paid. [Continue]
YOU’VE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE figuring out the new City of Kamloops tax-payment deadlines, right? You’re not alone; the city has tried to explain it several times and [Continue]
AS WE LAUNCH into the 43rd election for the federal government, we shouldn’t forget that democracy is not just about the day we vote for who we want in power. It’s also [Continue]
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. LET ME TELL YOU a story. Fifteen years ago, a committee of City council was formed to identify possible sites for a new City Hall. It was [Continue]
LOOKING BACK at past columns and thinking about trends in the comments, messages and emails, I’ve noticed how a number of them seem to come down to issues of accountability [Continue]
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IS IT TIME to party — so to speak — in Kamloops City Hall? What brings the question to mind in a round-about way is Ontario Premier Doug [Continue]
A QUESTION I’m often asked these days is whether or not I’m again running for mayor or perhaps City councillor. Well, if last year’s by-election taught me anything, [Continue]
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF YOUR SCHEDULE doesn’t allow you the time to take in Music in the Park or other local entertainment, the Public Inquiries section of [Continue]
AND THEN there were four. City of Kamloops CAO David Trawin announced last week there would only be four senior managers reporting to him instead of five after David [Continue]
The City of Kamloops will lose one of its top administrators when David Duckworth leaves for a new job in Calgary. The corporate services and community safety director will [Continue]
WITH MY APOLOGIES to Clement Clarke Moore, I give you my Kamloops version of his poem, The Night Before Christmas. And what better way to take you to Christmas Eve in [Continue]
Candidates in the Sept. 30 Kamloops civic by-election are invited to make submissions to ArmchairMayor.ca on their platforms, biographical information, contact information or [Continue]
TWENTY-SEVEN residents of Kamloops are heading for a whole lot of hurt. For 24 of them, it will hit them hard on Saturday night, Sept. 30. That’s when they’ll receive [Continue]
An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SO THE RACE is on. Coun. Marg Spina has given written notice of her resignation, Peter Milobar will do likewise with his [Continue]