City Hall

ROTHENBURGER – How governments self-promote instead of inform

April 27, 2024 // 5 Comments

ARE OUR PUBLIC BODIES in the information business, or the propaganda business? The answer might seem obvious but their way of going about it can be annoying. Every time one [Continue]

CITY HALL – Police called in to look into ‘unpleasant’ bag of something

April 21, 2024 // 2 Comments

Some might say a lot of you-know-what comes out of City Hall but somebody apparently turned the tables and delivered some of it back. Persons unknown entered the building and [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Is the mayor of Kamloops suddenly only allowed to work 9 to 5?

April 21, 2024 // 11 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. UPDATE (Sunday afternoon): Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson phoned back to say he’d found an email notifying him and councillors that access [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – In days of old, before Kamloops City Hall became a fortress…

April 13, 2024 // 8 Comments

CONTRARY TO PREVAILING public opinion, City Hall has not always been a place of discontent between councils and administrators. While there have been times when [Continue]

CITY HALL – ‘Elected officials … should not have free access to staff areas’

April 12, 2024 // 8 Comments

Following is the statement issued Thursday, April 11, 2024 by City administration on the removal of access to “staff areas” by members of City council: Our [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Lockout of mayor and council makes it clear who’s in charge

April 12, 2024 // 15 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. NOW WE KNOW for sure who’s in charge at City Hall. It’s not the mayor. It’s not even councillors. It’s administration. Some might [Continue]