Kamloops City council

EDITORIAL – Point, counterpoint on the proposal to eliminate public inquiries

October 2, 2024 // 9 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHEN A STAFF REPORT on “what to do” about the public inquiries feature of meeting agendas lands on the desks of Kamloops City [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Zoom-bomb porn and the move to axe public inquiries

September 25, 2024 // 7 Comments

SOMETIMES HAVING a life outside of politics can get in the way. I missed yesterday’s City council meeting because I had some errands to do around town. It wasn’t until [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Point of order on all those points of order in council meetings

August 27, 2024 // 8 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ANOTHER COUNCIL MEETING today (Aug. 27, 2024) broke down into chaos. If the mayor, councillors and staff would bone up on some basic [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – A short history of confidentiality at Kamloops City Hall

June 18, 2024 // 7 Comments

SO KAMLOOPS CITY COUNCILLORS have approved a motion to bar Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson from closed meetings of committees based on a claim that he’s proven he can’t be [Continue]

LETTER – Some questions about ‘what work is getting done’ by City council

May 31, 2024 // 2 Comments

Re: CITY COUNCIL – Answers to the question, ‘What work is getting done’? This is long but I wanted to add my two cents worth on Coun. Kelly Hall’s recent opinion [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Muzzling the mayor might be easier said than done

May 30, 2024 // 10 Comments

IF THE LATEST shackles placed on Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson by City councillors play out the way they’re designed, his political emasculation will be close to complete. On [Continue]