Pillen plan watered down, but still did away with tax break

Pillen plan watered down, but still did away with tax break
Pillen plan watered down, but still did away with tax break

State lawmakers have long since finished their long, 17-day special session in Lincoln and headed back home.

The summer session unfolded as a lot of people, including me, expected — a lot of ideas for reducing property taxes were discussed, but only a small, incremental change, one that will result in a 3% drop in property taxes for some taxpayers, was passed.

As we’ve discussed before, reducing pro…