The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear a legal challenge by the Brown County Taxpayers Association over the way the county is spending a half-cent sales tax.
That tax was implemented three years ago to pay for the new Resch Expo Center, road and infrastructure improvements, the county jail, museum, libraries, and parks. The Association argues the tax is illegal because state statutes only allow counties to impose sales taxes to reduce property taxes – not to pay for new spending.
A circuit court ruled in the county’s favor. When the BCTA appealed, the state appeals court passed the issue on to the state Supreme Court.
