Education not a priority  Congratulations to those opposing
Regional School Unit 16's school budget. They won. They can keep
the $35 per year it would have cost Minot’s taxpayers to educate
the children. Our children's already stripped-down, bare-bones
education won't require any more tax dollars than last year's
budget.  Through all of their hard work, they've convinced 12
too many people that education isn’t a priority. Money in their
pockets is.  They've stood loud and strong, claiming no one can
afford one more penny in taxes to educate our children.  The
truth? I think they're against quality education.  Their logic
is a bit twisted. My family recently got a letter from an
opponent to the budget trying to convince us that our children's
education isn’t worth the extra money. That’s right. Time,
effort, electricity, ink and stamps were used to mail letters
out to convince people that the budget costs them too much.  I
don't buy it.  What was spent on stamps and ink alone was as
much as it would have cost