Lincoln — The Nebraska Association of County Officials said the initiative petitions seeking to cut property taxes in half and limit future growth would lead to “significant degradation of essential public services” across the state.

At the same time, NACO said the proposed measures put forward by Advocates For All Nebraskans — the ballot committee behind the two petitions — would be “ineffective in some ways and harm in others” in how they sought to lower property tax burdens. The dual-pronged effort, which was announced at a press conference in the Capitol Rotunda on Monday, came in response to the Legislature’s inability to provide what backers called substantial property tax relief to Nebraskans, organizers said.

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