Yes, government money should be used to build trails!! 100% of the people who responded to last month’s poll agreed that tax dollars should be used to pay for some or all of trail funding. Hopefully Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn is paying attention to our poll. Recently, he said he would refuse to support transportation …
Category: national trail system
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Feb 10 2011
Michelle Obama Blog Post on Physical Activity
The family that hits the trailtogether, stays fit together. Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States, has strong feelings and plans for helping kids stay active and fit. Her ideas (summarized below) highlight the importance of a national trail system that is available to everyone and is family friendly. First Lady Column on Physical …
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Dec 16 2010
Why not use unemployed to build trails?
I know it sounds simplistic, but we can always use more trails and there are thousands of people unemployed, so why not utilize an underutilized work force? We are already paying unemployment benefits, so it wouldn’t cost much more than what we’re already paying. It just seems to make so much sense to employ those …
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