How much money was diverted/robbed/stolen out of the highway fund/taxes to pay for arts/culture projects?
Was the figure WOAI/San Antonio mentioned in the neighborhood of $2 Billion with a B? Do you think, a couple of Billion here, couple of Billion there, and pretty soon there would be enough nmoney to build roads?
More relevant, how much is diverted to education. Big, big chunk.
This is the primary reasons for not raising the gas tax to pay for major road projects. If you do, the money will start accumulating in Austin and the legislature won't be able to keep their hands out of it, using it for other thing like arts/culture projects.