That’s actually one of Mr. O’Toole’s arguments.
A few years back Karl Levin was seeking several million dollars out of transportation money to save part of Tiger Stadium in Detroit. He didn’t get it thank God.
The states and local governments do their fair share of feeding at the trough too. Just a few months ago my county was approved for $2 million from transportation funds to tear down a wall in a county park. Fortunately the public went ballistic over it and they decided to put the money into repairing roads. They did still used a couple hundred grand to repave the bike path through the hood.