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Mike Hoekstra: Give surplus to education

When we moved to North Carolina over 20 years ago, I remember hearing people say, “first in roads, last in education.” I certainly still hear the last part.

Gov. Pat McCrory has a chance to make a change. How about putting a lion share of the budget surplus toward education and teacher pay?

I don’t think too many people will object to doing so.

Mike Hoekstra

Durham

This story was originally published May 12, 2015 at 4:35 PM with the headline "Mike Hoekstra: Give surplus to education."

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