P.E.I. mayor resigns over council's vote for pickleball courts

'Staff are going to have to drop other things that were a higher priority to deal with this,' says now ex-mayor. 'It's a want and not a need'

KENSINGTON, P.E.I. — A feud over proposed pickleball courts in Prince Edward Island has prompted a longtime mayor to throw in the towel.

Rowan Caseley says there was lots he still wanted to accomplish as mayor of Kensington, P.E.I., but he felt he had to resign Monday after the town council voted to build six pickleball courts Caseley says the community can’t afford.