Eliminating Property Taxes Will Set Wyoming Back

Eliminating property taxes will set Wyoming back

On June 3 in Gillette, the Joint Revenue Committee passed a motion, 11-3, to draft a bill to eliminate property taxes from the Wyoming Constitution. The motion was made by Natrona County Republican Sen. Bob Ide, who initially said he wanted to amend the U.S. Constitution before being corrected.  Opinion What are the consequences of such a motion? Where did property taxes come from? Property taxes have funded local communities in America since b…

Guest Column: Eliminating Property Tax Will Set Wyoming Back

Former Speaker of the House Albert Sommers writes, "Perhaps the greatest danger of the Freedom Caucus: its members’ lemming-like tendency to jump off a cliff when their leaders make a critical error, as seen in the 11-3 vote to eliminate property taxes."