Category Archives: Column
ROTHENBURGER: Stop complaining about the tax hike – the days of 2% are over
I CAN'T WAIT to see what City Hall staff comes up with in the way of ideas for reducing the projected 10.81 per cent tax increase for 2024.City council shuffled the issue off to staff, asking for opti...
Dec 18, 2023
COLLINS: Get used to the ongoing stupidity at Kamloops City Hall
CITY HALL IS THE HOME of the biggest travesty in many years. What a bloody disaster. The mayor playing stupid games with council; council ganging up on the mayor. City staff seemingly playing their ow...
Dec 17, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: Got the Christmas blues? I’ve got good news and bad news
WHEN YOU ADD IT all up, there's good reason to be depressed this Christmas. When so much bad is going on all around us, the "Merry" in Merry Christmas, the spirit of giving, the holiday magic, might r...
Dec 16, 2023
PETERS: Let's make 2024 'The Year of Being Open to Compromise'
I'M DECLARING 2023 'The Year of Being Dug In.'So many of the main conflicts of this past year were made worse because of how entrenched the combatants were.The greatest example of two parties being en...
Dec 15, 2023
COLLINS: United we stand, united we...
...FALL. That's the word I'm looking for to complete the headline. It's hard to imagine B.C. United falling from grace so quickly as to be in third place in popularity behind the arrogant NDP and the....
Dec 15, 2023
SOUND OFF: BC NDP deny carbon tax relief
AFTER SEVEN YEARS AND TWO TERMS of the NDP, British Columbia has become the most unaffordable province in the country. The prices of gas, groceries and housing all continue to climb, while over half o...
Dec 14, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: It’s time to crack down on those frenetic little guys on bicycles
A SEEMINGLY MINOR INCIDENT tucked at the bottom of this week's Kamloops RCMP summary of calls resulted in some interesting reaction from Armchair Mayor readers.The case involved a cyclist failing to s...
Dec 14, 2023
SOUND OFF: Feel good about eating more salmon
ALL OF BRITISH COLUMBIA is touched by salmon. A vast network of river systems, lakes, streams and even the smallest creeks provide a vehicle for a foundational species to flourish; to feed, to regener...
Dec 13, 2023
SOUND OFF: Seeing progress in strengthening our healthcare system
HEALTH CARE IS ON PEOPLE'S MINDS across the province. That's why our provincial government is working to strengthen our healthcare system across British Columbia. Our vision is a healthcare system tha...
Dec 13, 2023
ROTHENBURGER: Interested, or not interested — that was the question for council
ANOTHER FUN DAY at Kamloops City council yesterday as councillors sparred with the mayor over a motion to send a letter to the provincial government.The letter, proposed by Coun. Kelly Hall's safety a...
Dec 13, 2023
