Julie Hannon, director of Vancouver’s park department, has an idea of how to improve the city’s parks without costing taxpayers a dime: Stop the vandalism.
On a recent afternoon, Hannon pointed to trouble spots at Marine Park on the Columbia River.
She was barely out of her car before she spotted black circles from hot-rodders all over the parking lot.
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