One had a mayor who does nothing but complain about how unsafe his city is and how high the taxes are. READ MORE: Kelowna school trustees lash out at 'dangerous disinformation' on sexual orientation materialĭuring the closing comments, Basran painted a scenario of a business wanting to set up shop in two cities and travelling to each to meet the mayor. One in four residents in Kelowna tell me they’ve experienced crimes.” He’s trying to mislead voters and discredit people’s experiences. “It was not me producing this information. “It takes Stats Canada – they’re the ones who gave us this information,” Dyas said. That, in turn, was challenged by Dyas who said Basran was taking the crime statistics out of context. “So, you have to ask yourself, is leadership really about tarnishing our city’s brand in order to make yourself look good or is it about actually working to find solutions like dealing with repeat offenders and recognizing that, yes we have a problem, but we are actually implementing and advocating for change as opposed to just utilizing misinformation to make yourself look good,” Basran said. Those weren’t the only shots the two rivals took at each other.ĭyas refers to Kelowna as the crime capital of Canada, which Basran took exception to, arguing that, while the Central Okanagan as a whole has the highest crime rate of any large urban centre, Kelowna on its own ranks as the 14th worst in B.C. READ MORE: Challenger Tom Dyas wins over crowd at Kelowna mayoral forum The format did not allow Dyas to respond at that point as there were five candidates on the stage. That triggered loud boos from the sparse crowd of mostly chamber members at the Mary Irwin Theatre. Dyas lobbied one time, five years ago, to the federal Minister of Finance it was only to protect his own business interests as a result of potential tax changes.”
“Relationships take time to build,” Basran said. It has a voice but it ends up that voice has not been used properly.”īasran challenged Dyas, a former chamber president, on that point. Kelowna is the largest city in the Interior. “I have had great opportunity over the years, in working on the Chamber of Commerce, to deal with MPs, MLAs, ministers and to be able to communicate with them. “The idea that only one mayor has connections in provincial and federal government is absurd,” Dyas said. 4, allowed Mayor Colin Basran and his main rival, Tom Dyas, to briefly go toe-to-toe.Ī key issue was Basran’s assertion that his connections with senior government have been essential to getting things for the city. The format at a Kelowna Chamber of Commerce mayoralty forum today, Oct. I wonder what Dirt 4 means for Dirt Rally and if we will ever see a proper Dirt Rally sequel? Until then, i will just keep playing Dirt Rally, which is perfectly fine by me.As municipal election day approaches, the two frontrunners for the Kelowna’s mayor’s job are getting nasty.
#DIRT 4 FORUMS GENERATOR#
Also, it's going to be interesting to see how much and how fast Codemasters is going to pump out DLC (new locations and cars) since content seems a bit thin in this one according to reviews (again, a random track generator shouldn't be an excuse for lower content)? Around Dirt 3, Codemasters didn't have a good reputation on DLC so i wonder what they are going to do with this game (i remember not released DLC cars being amongst other cars in the menus when the game came out).Īfter Dirt 2 and especially 3, i pretty much gave up on Codemasters but Dirt Rally was fantastic. i think there's something to say about proper hand crafted tracks).
#DIRT 4 FORUMS FULL#
I'm only interested in half of the game (the pure rally stuff) so i'm not prepared to pay full price, even with a track generator (something i wasn't really waiting for tbh. I think i'm going to skip this or wait until a big price drop.
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