Source: Garrison Center
by Thomas L Knapp
“On August 7, the Gainesville, Florida city commission voted to make three pedestrian crosswalks less visible, and the pedestrians using them less safe, under threat of funding cuts from Florida’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency.’ Why does Florida DOGE want to put Gainesville residents at higher risk of injury or death? If you have to ask why, the answer is usually ‘money,’ and saving money sounds like a reasonable focus for a ‘government efficiency’ project. But that’s not the case here. The costs of painting the crosswalks were borne by a local non-profit. The costs of making the crosswalks less safe will be borne by the taxpayers Florida DOGE supposedly works for. The real answer is ‘politics.'” (08/09/25)