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REINVEST IN AMERICA <br /> A New Priorities Proclamation <br /> We , the City Council of the city of Pequot Lakes in the state of <br /> Minnesota, do hereby adopt the following resolution in support of <br /> new national federal budget priorities for the United States of <br /> America. <br /> Whereas , the Pequot Lakes school district is committed to offering <br /> every child in our community the opportunity for a quality <br /> education . <br /> And whereas our nation ' s success in the post-Cold War world will <br /> depend on the ability of America' s public schools to educate each <br /> and every child . <br /> And whereas no single school district has the financial capacity to <br /> both build a quality education program for the 21st Century and <br /> overcome the social and economic problems that prevent students <br /> from coming to school ready to learn . <br /> And whereas the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet <br /> Union offer our nation a once-in-a-generation opportunity to <br /> rethink our national priorities . <br /> And whereas our competitors in the global marketplace invest more <br /> tax dollars on children and elementary and secondary education than <br /> does the United States . <br /> And whereas federal budget savings made possible by the end of the <br /> Cold War could be used to rebuild America and ensure that every <br /> child comes to school healthy and ready to learn . <br /> And whereas the national organizations that represent the men and <br /> women at the local level who care most deeply about education--the <br /> National School Boards Association , the National PTA, the National <br /> Association of Elementary School Principals , the National <br /> Association of Secondary School Principals , the American <br /> Association of School Administrators , the Council of Great City <br /> Schools , the National Education Association , and the American <br /> Federation of Teachers--have jointly called for new federal budget <br /> priorities that reflect post-Cold War realities . <br /> Therefore , be it resolved , that the city of Pequot Lakes believes <br /> it is time to reinvest in America. We join cities across the <br /> United States to urge the Congress and the President elected <br /> November 3 to make reordering federal spending priorities America' s <br /> top priority in 1993 . <br /> And , be it further resolved that city of Pequot Lakes will forward <br /> this call for new priorities to our other community ' s elected <br /> representatives in Congress and to the President of the United <br /> States . <br /> Signature and title 7 Date / <br />