John McClaughry: The school property tax deadlock

Editor’s note: This commentary is by John McClaughry, the vice president of the Ethan Allen Institute.Gov. Phil Scott and the Democratic-controlled Legislature are well into crunch time over the FY 2019 state general fund budget and the related education finance bill.
The governor obviously takes very seriously his 2016 campaign pledge to hold state general fund spending to a growth of 2.36 percent a year, and to oppose – and veto – any increase in tax rates. However, the actua