Ricketts: $1B property tax plan could take 'every penny' from NU or force 'massive tax increases' - DON WALTON, Lincoln Journal Star

That plan comes with a $1 billion impact, the governor said, and "they have to talk about how they plan to pay for that." "You can fire me and people at every state agency and take the State Patrol off the highways and get halfway there," Ricketts said during a telephone interview in advance of Wednesday's opening day of the Legislature. "You could take every penny we use for the University of Nebraska" and overall state support for higher education and "get the other half," the governor said, or wipe out all state aid funding. http://journalstar.com/legislature/ricketts-b-property-tax-plan-could-take-every-penny-from/article_fb367e5c-e190-5b46-8de5-a99e2943b69b.html