Basran supporter out in left field

Dear Editor: Last evening, I watched a very polished video on Facebook called “The Flip-Flop,” which was obviously produced by the Colin Basran campaign.

The star of this video was Andre Blanleil, a local businessman, previous Kelowna city councillor and frankly a very good fastball player.

I have admired Blanleil’s business acumen over the years, however I now wonder if he even remembers where first base is. Or any other base for that matter. Appears he might even be in left field.

You see, Blanleil flip-flopped from last month when he said in a Sept. 5 Daily Courier article that he considered running again for city council this fall for a couple of reasons.

First, he expressed his frustration with what he says is the current council’s inability to seriously tackle growing problems of public disorder in downtown Kelowna.

“So many people don’t feel safe going downtown,” Blanleil said.

“I know the city’s Journey Home strategy is designed to end homelessness, but that’s a long-term strategy that doesn’t address the problems that are here and now.” In his video on Facebook, he said the exact opposite.

Blanleil’s second reason for wanting to run for public office was due to the extreme level of tax hikes over the last four years of 16 per cent, much higher than the inflation rate.

“On taxes, I feel council should have pushed staff harder to get the rates down to the cost-of-living range,” Blanleil said.

Again, as this is the exact opposite of what he said in his video. Then again Blanleil is getting a little older and it is taking him longer to get around the bases so he might have forgotten what he said last month.

On behalf of the citizens of Kelowna, who need a mayor with integrity and more transparency from City Hall, I must call you out Mr. Blanleil. Time to go to the bullpen and bring in reliever and bench strength Tom Dyas as mayor so he can hit a home run for the citizens of Kelowna.

Special thanks to Memorial Cup 2020 chair Tom Dyas and the Hamilton family for all your hard work in preparing your winning presentation.

Hoping Tom Dyas will be Kelowna’s mayor for this great community event. Cindy Cannan

Kelowna