I won't say you are wrong, but I won't say you are 100 percent right, either. Over the weekend an acquaintance of mine (who lives in metro-Denver) explained the multiple choices his kids get at school for X subject. At the same time, in rural Colorado, another kid I know of only gets one choice for the same subject. That's not spitting. Not even close. 

A few years ago, I saw a documentary about the difference in Colorado schools. The high school near Aspen had a kitchen that would fit in lower Manhattan restaurants. But an eastern Colorado middle school can't afford to repair the air conditioning which quit three years ago.

There are portions of Colorado highways with signs posted how there is no snow removal for something like 14 hours of the day. But in the metro area, a snow plow goes over the same road 14 times a day. Sure, traffic counts play into that. But if everybody is paying the same tax on fuel, shouldn't the services provided by those taxes be the same no matter where?