Panzer halts effort to vote on amendment that would limit taxes.

The Wisconsin State Senate will not vote on the so-called Taxpayer Bill of Rights this year, according to Majority Leader Mary Panzer (R-West Bend). TABOR, for those in the know, is a proposed constitutional amendment which would impose limits on what local governments could spend in their own budgets. Increasingly, local leaders are opposing the legislation for that reason and therefore the Republicans can't seem to get together on the exact form the legislation was going to take.

It's another example of the state legislature overstepping its bounds and interfering with local government. The mayors and city councils have the ability to limit spending right now, and if their constituents demand it of them, they'll have to listen. Consequently, if the people are unhappy with the spending priorities of those local leaders, they do have that option to vote them out of office. It's really that simple.