Testing the hypothesis: Part 1
#1: The city of Gainesville has glossed over street lighting issues near the downtown and midtown area perhaps because of costs associated with building lamp posts and energy costs. The who: The city of Gainesville The what: they have not paid enough attention to fixing street and alleyway lighting issues around the downtown and midtown areas. The why: Most likely because of no incentive to spend excess money on building lamp posts and energy costs associated with lighting. #2: Boundaries of the who: Residents and business owners of the area share the need for improving lighting in residential areas and alleyways, GRU working with the city to reduce costs, the city of Gainesville. The city of Gainesville does not appear to be the only "who" in fixing the lighting issue. According to others I have interviewed, the GRU's relationship with the city of Gainesville and lighting could be further built upon to reach an agreement where both parties' interes...