The Parks and Rec department in Abbotsford “needed” what had been the community bulletin board – because they had so much they needed to post. It was only after patron complaints to City Council that a community board was put up to replace the board taken over, because of claimed need, by Parks and Rec. After the photos were published (see below) contrasting Parks and Rec’s board with the new, smaller public board; Parks and Rec redid the board as seen below, covering a much larger area of the surface of the board.

In the interests of an informed public we have a picture of the new display, a picture of the new display bluing out all but the information portions of the display (a handout for the public) and a new photo of the current public board.

Leaving us once again wondering: why was it that Parks and Rec “needed” to take over the public board?