Here's what the argument structure looks like for the whole editorial:
Conclusion: The federal government should not have the right to dictate the
scheduling of athletic events for the Minden school district.
| | | | (because) 1. Someone
| | | | complained.
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| | | (because) 2. The fed. nanny is meddling | | | (Meddling is a bad thing.)
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| | | (because) 3. It demanded the | | | district sign the
| | | 1993 agreement.
| | | 4. It demanded more.
| | | 5. It imposed a fine.
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| | (because) 6. The superintendent felt the government | | was picking on the district.
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| (because) 7. Fairness is not the only criterion.
| 8. There are other criteria such as convenience,popularity, | and money.
| 9. All these criteria should be taken together and | balanced.
| 10. Fairness may not always turn out to be the primary | criterion.
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(because) 11. These decisions are best made in the community,worked out by
people of good will in a spirit of compromise and cooperation.
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(because) 12. Federal involvement in this process is absurd.
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(because) 13. It demonstrates how far the country has fallen from the founders' ideal
of limited federal power.