A recent news story that tells how Wisconsin's legislature (read that, the Republicans in the legislature ... not trying to make this a political thread but it was the Republican votes that did this) cut funding for bike trails by 70%. That is, they diverted federal dollars from bike trails to other projects. This is why the paying of the Badger Trail was delayed from 2006 to 2008.
http://www.madison.com/tct/news/inde...102526&ntpid=7