Kamloops City council

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]

LETTER – Transparency, accountability by City council would be a good thing

April 12, 2023 // 7 Comments

On March 31, 2023, the Mayor requested that Councillor Neustaeter clarify her allegation that he had violated her personal boundaries, an allegation that she had made in [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – We shouldn’t have to pay for politicians to give us FOI records

April 8, 2023 // 4 Comments

IT’S NOT EASY getting information out of City Hall. Nor is it fast, or cheap. That is, if you’re applying for access to records under the Freedom of Information and [Continue]

CITY HALL – Special committee on committees picked and ready to work

March 29, 2023 // 1 Comment

The four-person committee charged with reviewing terms of reference for other committees will get down to work in April and May. Coun. Kelly Hall, the deputy mayor for March, [Continue]

GUEST COLUMN – How can mayor get anywhere in this hostile environment?

March 24, 2023 // 8 Comments

By BRONWEN SCOTT Guest Columnist AT TUESDAY’S SPECIAL MEETING, councillors were incensed that the mayor invoked Section 141 of the BC Community Charter to appoint [Continue]