GOV. RICKETTS DISPLAYS CONCERN OVER NEBRASKA PROPERTY TAXES
NTF Town Hall gathering raised taxpayer awareness. Other speakers were Dr. John Bartle, Dr. Craig Maher, Lee Todd, and Cathy Lang.
Nebraska Taxpayers for Freedom has released its annual report on the conservative voting of members of the Nebraska Unicameral during the 2018 session. NTF rates senators based on their fiscal responsibility, intervention into the private lives of Nebraska citizens, and positions on legislation dealing with law and order.
NTF rates state senators based on the most conservative voting record and the least. NTF tracked 74 bills and resolutions in the 2018 session. Starting at a base of zero, senators received 1.35 credit for each good vote.
In first place were State Senators Lydia Brasch (District 16) and Rob Clements (District 2). Placing second were State Senators Joni Albrecht (District 17) and Steve Halloran (District 33). Placing lowest was State Senator Tony Vargas (District 7).
NTF president Doug Kagan explained that “the executive committee of the Legislature refuses to place all votes of state senators in the official Unicameral Journal, despite the fact that it is paid for by Nebraska taxpayers. Because NTF wants overtaxed and over-regulated Nebraskans to see transparent voting records of state senators, NTF annually places a comprehensive voting record on its web site: https://www.netaxpayers.org. The scores for this most recent session reinforce the necessity for Nebraska citizens to press state senators for tax and spending limits and their duty to vote on all legislative bills presented.”
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