Lawmakers followed Walker's lead -- and then he used veto to make measure permanent

The state Legislature largely went along with Gov. Scott Walker"s property-tax limits, which experts have described as a freeze with very limited loopholes.

Indeed, when the Legislature"s budget included efforts to loosen it a bit and include a sunset provision, so it would not be permanent, Walker vetoed those changes.

To be sure, property taxes won"t stay static, because communities that see property growth can still raise revenue equal to that growth, and the freeze is not airtight. Property tax collections are estimated to go up about 1 percent. But that"s not attributable, for the most part, to higher taxes on existing properties.

Based on the final budget, we"re moving this to Promise Kept.