Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson and Kamloops City Council Conflict
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Ongoing disputes and conflicts between Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson and City Council members involving communication breakdowns, procedural disagreements, threatened employee discipline, and allegations of harassment and misconduct.
Coverage Timeline
- Sep 10 ROTHENBURGER – The mayor’s complicated road to nomination ↗ Armchair Mayor details
- Sep 4 REID ALL ABOUT IT – Mayor wants disclosure of ‘harassment’ documents ↗ Armchair Mayor details
- Aug 15 CITY HALL – Mayor told to ‘cease and desist unfounded accusations’ ↗ Armchair Mayor details
- Aug 13 REID ALL ABOUT IT – Who knew what, and when, about those blocked texts? ↗ Armchair Mayor details
- Aug 10 ROTHENBURGER – Confusion over mayor’s absence all came down to blocked texts ↗ Armchair Mayor details
- Jul 17 ROTHENBURGER – What was really behind the latest microphone fracas ↗ Armchair Mayor details
- Jul 15 Council yet to discuss potential discipline after mayor’s public threat to suspend City of Kamloops staffer ↗ CFJC Today details
- Kamloops mayor threatens to suspend employee during council meeting | iNFOnews.ca ↗ InfoNews Kamloops details
- Jul 14 REID ALL ABOUT IT – Council didn’t like his mike complaint so they cut him off ↗ Armchair Mayor details
- Jun 24 EDITORIAL – Once again, there’s been a failure to communicate at City Hall ↗ Armchair Mayor details
- Jun 23 With his wife hospitalized, Kamloops mayor misses council meeting | iNFOnews.ca ↗ InfoNews Kamloops details
Linked Articles by Source
Armchair Mayor
CFJC Today
InfoNews Kamloops
Key People, Organizations, and Places
person: Reid Hamer-Jackson , Mel Rothenburger , Dale Bass , Mike O'Reilly , Maria Mazzotta , Lori Hamer-Jackson , Margot Middleton , Katie Neustaeter , Alisha Beday , Katie Neustaeter (City Councillor) , Ken Christian , Mike O'Reilly (City Councillor) , Denise McCabe , Graham Hrycan , Kelly Hall , Rozina Ripa
government_body: City of Kamloops , Kamloops City Council , City of Kamloops - City Council , City of Kamloops City Council
city: Kamloops
organization: Armchair Mayor , Thompson Rivers University , Armchair Mayor (blog) , British Columbia Lottery Corporation , INFOnews , Kamloops Critic (blog)
public_facility: City of Kamloops – City Hall
health_facility: Royal Inland Hospital
business: Beem Credit Union
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