Governor Opposes Water Tax
Governor Heineman opposes any kind of incrase in the sales tax and opposes a fee on irrigators to pay for water solutions.
How does he plan to pay the bills?
The governor says it's premature to tip his hand now but that he is looking at a variety of options.
Chad Smith, a member of the state's Water Policy Task Force, says State lawmakers “will be left to their own devices. “That’s a problem,” Smith said. “We should’ve made sure we had something in front of them.”