Kamloops City council

CITY HALL – Mayor launches defamation claim against Neustaeter

June 15, 2023 // 3 Comments

Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson is suing Coun. Katie Neustaeter, alleging she defamed him in internal and public statements made earlier this year. The mayor, in a notice of civil [Continue]

EDITORIAL – No opportunity to kick some sand gets past City council

June 14, 2023 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE’S NO SANDBOX big enough for the Kamloops mayor and councillors to play in at the same time. They can’t even get through a routine [Continue]

EDITORIAL – We need another KamTalk, not just another ‘town hall’

June 8, 2023 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHETHER MAYOR RHJ decides to hold a town hall meeting of his own, or a council committee puts one together, something very important needs [Continue]

WALSH – No, holding a town hall meeting is not the movies

June 1, 2023 // 4 Comments

EDITOR’S NOTE: I’m pleased to announced that former Kamloops City councillor Denis Walsh joins ArmchairMayor.ca as a regular columnist today. He will focus on [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Anatomy of how council formed a ‘unified team’ against the mayor

May 27, 2023 // 2 Comments

‘PUSHY REPORTERS” and showing a united front against Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson were priority concerns of City councillors in the early hours of the now-months long [Continue]

LETTER – Do we want accountability in our civic government?

April 14, 2023 // 3 Comments

I was lucky to be able to ask some questions at council’s April 11th public meeting. Council’s new rules for public inquiry are quite stringent; people are only allowed [Continue]