Category Archives: Column
What did John O’Fee do wrong?
KAMLOOPS - The best day for releasing bad news is Friday. Governments know that people don't pay as much attention to the world on Fridays - or, at least, that was always the prevailing wisdom. In tod...
Sep 25, 2017
Key civic by-election issue is about the money
KAMLOOPS The Kamloops civic by-election is a week away, and it's coming down to money. Public money, that is. Tax money. The poster child, er, building, is the deceased Kamloops Daily News HQ at Fourt...
Sep 23, 2017
NDP already starting the political chess game
KAMLOOPS - One of the reasons I've never run for political office is the constant behind-the-scenes dagger throwing that goes on and the manipulation that takes place in the offices of government. Whe...
Sep 22, 2017
Misogyny alive and well in Canadian politics
KAMLOOPS - If you’re a woman and you want to get involved in politics or leadership, God forbid anyone ever find you attractive. It’s good to be attractive, I suppose, but men in leadershi...
Sep 22, 2017
Those would ban election signs are party poopers
KAMLOOPS - I'm a fan of election signs. Always have been. A lot of people aren't. They say they're a blight on the landscape, that they pollute urban boulevards, that they should banned, and that they...
Sep 21, 2017
Bring drug overdose plan to B.C. interior
KAMLOOPS - To reduce drug overdose deaths, Vancouver Coastal Health authority plans to track patients to make sure they are taking their prescribed opioids. I may seem odd that lives can be saved by m...
Sep 21, 2017
Taxpayers shouldn’t have to subsidize political parties
KAMLOOPS - It really is hard to know who to cheer for in Victoria these days. The NDP government is ending the so-called "Wild West" days of campaign financing in British Columbia. However, taxpayers ...
Sep 20, 2017
Not much time to get to know candidates’ views
KAMLOOPS - I am not impressed with how the municipal candidates are presenting themselves in the short civic byelection campaign. Even those of us in the news media are finding it hard to relate to vi...
Sep 19, 2017
Live and let live – Does it still apply?
KAMLOOPS - Two years ago on a sunny early afternoon in June while driving to Vancouver, my family and I witnessed something that has yet to be surpassed in absurdity and, I’ve got to say, horror...
Sep 18, 2017
BEING MAYOR - Life at City Hall, Chapter 8: 'The Beginning of a Process'
KAMLOOPS - This is the eighth in a series on my experiences as the mayor of Kamloops from 1999 to 2005. By MEL ROTHENBURGER "I firmly believe we the new Council have a strong mandate to do certain thi...
Sep 18, 2017
