Kelowna pickleballers call out Dyas - revisited

Theme of Tom Dyas and Denciti for the Kelowna Springs steal was the need in Kelowna for pickleball courts. Servicing pickleballers was the rally cry for paving over Kelowna Springs. The newest all weather pickleball facility in Kelowna is the Pickle and Paddle Athletic Club's 33,000 sq. ft. facility near the Kelowna airport at 2045 Matrix Cres.

The facility was announced July 7th and will open in September. Its a 5 minute drive from Kelowna Springs. Cost to Kelowna taxpayers is zero. The new facilty came about through a simple zoning change. "10 indoor pickleball courts are for casual play, competitive leagues, and everything in between." A week after this annoucement, mayor Tom Dyas blows something past $4m of taxpayer money for pickleball courts on the Kelowna Springs flood plain. In addition, on June 30 Kelowna council approved rezoning for a 12-court indoor pickleball facility at 2092 Enterprise Way. The project by Argus Properties transforms their vacant industrial space into courts. By the end of 2027 the Parkinson Recreation Center will add 24 courts, 12 of them indoor.

A letter published on Castanet exploded the conmen's false narrative months ago. "Dencity’s offer is not free."

Volodya Gusak

"The association already allocates all the money it receives from their members. The pickleball association did not go to Dencity (to ask for a pickleball facility), Dencity went to it for its endorsement as a large group. Most of the players do not support this development on this land." (pkcregistrar@gmail.com)

Garry Fawley

Pickleball needs no specialized buildings. Virtually any empty space is fine. Since there is an inexhaustible supply of that in Kelowna, only a criminal would build courts with taxpayer money. Tom Dyas's lies have been many and obvious. He is a conman. The all-in taxpayer cost of the Dyas Kelowna Springs give-a-way is potentially over $100m, and the project has always been a Khalistani legacy project of the corrupt Colin Basran.

Under Tom Dyas, taxpayers are paying for facilities that aren't needed, are competition to the new courts, are to be built over a greenspace flood plain, and are a part of a Khalistani backed conspiracy that robs taxpayers of multi-millions for no benefit.

See ---- Dyas lied about pickleball courts - taxpayers pay costs plus, plus 10%