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Councillor Neustaeter’s Curious Hypothetical Example
The December 13 Hypothetical That Wasn’t So Hypothetical During the December 13, 2022 regular Council meeting's Public Inquiries section, there were a couple inquiries about closed meetings. At one point, an unidentified voice — not clearly captured on microphone —...
The Mayor Who Wouldn’t Stay Down
A personal reflection on Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson, voter intent, and why change in Kamloops was always going to be uncomfortable — and why that matters.
Council Won’t Say Who Owns Comet Shares
After three emails and nearly three months, only the Mayor responded. When I published Why the O’Reilly Case Matters in Kamloops , I suggested the case was about more than one councillor or one complaint. It was about whether City Council understands what ethical...
Protected Speech Is Not Vindication
In the days following the dismissal of Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson’s defamation lawsuit, Councillor Katie Neustaeter has characterized the court’s decision as vindication. That word is doing far more work than the judgment itself supports. The court didn't declare the...
Free Speech Won. That’s Not the Whole Story
Local coverage of Hamer-Jackson v. Neustaeter has settled into a comfortable, low-effort storyline: Free speech wins. Case dismissed. Move along. It’s tidy. It’s simple. It’s also incomplete in a way that meaningfully misleads readers. Justice J. Hughes did not...