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I wonder why.
A lot.
Good questions get good answers.
Great questions get great answers.
For me, it’s all about learning how to ask the right questions.
And practice at getting better at it every day.
The why is important.
Maybe the most important.
Why do we do the things we do when we do them.
I just saw that Arkansas got a new Federal Grant outside of the Infrastructure bill.
It’s for 20 Million Dollars.
Huzzah!
20 Million to build a 13 mile bike trail in the Delta.
Huh?
That’s a million dollars a mile.
More than a million if my math is right?
Why?
Why does it cost so much to build a nine foot blacktop across 13 miles of cotton fields?
Maybe why isn’t the best question in this case.
Maybe it should be more like, What in the Hell?
Don’t get me wrong, I am a huge fan of this idea.
It’s an extension of an existing bike trail, which brings tourists and more importantly their tourist dollars into an impoverished region.
In other places, like Northwest Arkansas, the trail system has turned into a huge tourist draw AND a whole eco system of small businesses have popped up around it.
Mom and Pop café’s. Little places to grab drinks. Craft brew pubs. AirBNB’s.
So I am a big advocate for spending tax dollars to make improvements that will generate a return on investment.
But…
A Million Dollars a Mile.
For Bicycles.
Sigh.
Maybe I should switch to the trail building business. Or figure out which politician is getting their pocket polished and rob them.
Anyone know where Tom Cotton lives?
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Some trails and park grant from the Feds.
Where did the money come from?