Governor Vilsack has approved 42-million dollars in property tax relief forIowans — about one-third of the tax cut package Republicans pushed throughthe legislature. House Republican Leader Christopher Rants of Sioux City isdisappointed in the democrat Governor.The Republican-led legislature approved over 70-million dollars worth ofincome tax reduction and another 73-million dollars worth of property taxrelief. Rants says the state can afford to give at least that much back toIowans.Governor Vilsack says if he’d approved the grandiose republican tax cutplans the state would have had to renig on its committments to improveschools.
