Budget Questions: Where Does the Tax Money Go?

Why the Pink Postcard?
Citizens from Lewiston School District as well as Pawnee County residents attend Commissioners Tax Meeting at Pawnee City Courthouse
Citizens from Lewiston School District as well as Pawnee County residents attend Commissioners Tax Meeting at Pawnee City Courthouse

Pink postcards mailed by the Pawnee County Commissioners did not announce a happy event. They were notifications to property owners of a proposed revenue increase that will result in an increase in their property tax.

Property owners in Pawnee County and the Lewiston Consolidated School District received a notice of proposed tax increases. The notice quoted Nebraska Revised Statute 77-1633: “Each p…