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To: Brian Sullivan who wrote (7924)	2/2/2012 3:27:27 PM
From: Murrey Walker	Respond to of 85487

A Democratic effort to include money for sidewalks and bike paths in the $260 billion transportation bill that is being considered by the House Transportation Committee Thursday was defeated by the GOP-led panel. This little piece of legislation reminds me of the ADA act of 1990. This required all cities to make every corner of every street intersection literally "barrier free". My small town has these little monuments to legislative idiocy that will never be used. Small communities like the one I live in, knew this, but in order to be eligible for government programs, they had to go along with this. If you ever have a chance to visit small communities like mine, take care to notice those "barrier free" corners with lots of grass and weeds growing through the cracks. Oh, and by the way, while GW Bush signed the bill it was fostered by a democrat house and senate. One thing for sure is the dems never miss an opportunity to float albatross's like this.