WMC: Taxpayers challenge undemocratic and unconstitutional “400-year veto”

MADISON – Two Wisconsin taxpayers filed a lawsuit on Monday – otherwise known as Tax Day – challenging an unlawful partial veto from Gov. Tony Evers in the most recent state budget. This imaginative veto would allow property taxes to increase exponentially for more than 400 years – significantly longer than the Legislature’s intent of just the next two fiscal years. At issue is Gov. Evers’ us...