The Rest of the Story

Recently, Governor Reynolds signed into law the fix to the calculation of residential rollback. During the debate over this bill, several local governments and legislators claimed that this technical fix would cause all sorts of budgets cuts, including police and fire protection.   Now we know the rest of the story. Kudos to the Des Moines Register (yes, really), for digging into the aftermath of this legislation and asking local governments their actual plans going forward.  It will come as no surprise to ITR Live listeners that none of the cities surveyed said they would cut police and fire protection for their communities. ITR revisits the conversation about what really needs to happen to give Iowa property taxpayers a break.