Kamloops City council

EDITORIAL – Live, in-the-flesh politicians still beat modern technology

December 19, 2017 // 0 Comments

An AmrchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. MODERN TECHNOLOGY is a wonderful thing but I think sometimes we’re anxious to use it just because it’s there. Coun. [Continue]

BY-ELECTION – Nominations close, six in running for mayor, 22 for City council

August 25, 2017 // 3 Comments

Six candidates are in the running for the mayor’s job and 22 for two vacant City council seats as nominations closed at 4 p.m. today (Friday, Aug. 25, 2017) for the Sept. [Continue]

BY-ELECTION – McQuarrie enters race for mayor, proposes zero% tax hike

August 15, 2017 // 8 Comments

The number of mayoral candidates in the Sept. 30 Kamloops by-election is back up to four with the announcement today (Aug. 15, 2017) that business owner Bill McQuarrie is [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Smaller City council, shorter calendar worth considering

December 5, 2016 // 0 Comments

This is Part 2 of a republication of two editorials from 2014 broaching the idea of reducing Kamloops City council from a mayor and eight councillors to a mayor and six [Continue]

Time to revisit more compact council, shorter calendar

July 30, 2014 // 3 Comments

WEDNESDAY MORNING EDITORIAL — Kamloops City council held its regular weekly meeting this week (actually, it will be taking a break for much of the summer) and conducted a [Continue]

Observations from around the City council table during ‘decision day’ deliberations

March 26, 2014 // 2 Comments

NEWS/ CITY HALL — As reported in Tuesday’s Armchair Mayor News, Kamloops City council put the finishing touches on a new budget that will rise by two per cent over [Continue]

Cutting size of council would save money, talk

March 1, 2014 // 3 Comments

THE ARMCHAIR MAYOR (COLUMN) — What if there were only six Kamloops City councillors instead of eight? There’s nothing stopping it. The Community Charter, the legislation [Continue]