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Nebraska Librarians Sue to Stop Public-Spending CapThe Nebraska Library Association filed suit on July 21 to keep a proposed constitutional amendment off the November 3 ballot that, if approved, would cap the budgets of government agencies. Moving a step beyond other states' tax-cap measures, the Nebraska initiative would trigger sales- and income-tax rollbacks whenever there are revenue surpluses. NLA legislative lobbyist Randy Moody told American Libraries that the measure, whose ballot petition drive was coordinated by the corporately backed Citizens for Nebraska's Future, would "reverse the recent trend away from property taxes to fund local government." NLA, the Nebraska State Education Association, and 23 other groups comprise the Nebraskans for the Good Life coalition, which is challenging the ballot language's clarity per state law. The measure would allow spending increases through a complex referendum process, as well as legislative tax hikes for unfunded federal mandates or after cumulative population increases or upswings in the Consumer Price Index. Posted July 27, 1998. |
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