Most media coverage of Tuesday’s council meeting focused on whether Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson threatened the Corporate Officer. This article examines a different question: what authority did administration rely upon when directing staff to mute the Mayor’s microphone, and did the circumstances described by the City actually exist?
After a year of criticizing Council decisions through Kamloops Critic, I am reconsidering whether remaining outside the system is enough — or whether participating directly in local government could make a meaningful difference.
A March 10 Kamloops Public Hearing on changes to the home-based business bylaw shows how the process works in practice — from public input to Council vote, with little in between.
Residents are encouraged to email citycouncil@kamloops.ca
with concerns about Kamloops City Council decisions. An internal email thread suggests some messages may not meet a councillor’s “threshold of being worthy of response.”
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 —...