gov_tweets: 35183

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rowid		id	user	created_at	full_text	retweet_count	favorite_count	State	Abbreviation	Governor	Party	Handle
35183	35182	1360243244270030852	2891165960	2021-02-12T15:03:56+00:00	"Gov. Pete Ricketts’ warning that voters may take the initiative route to trim local property taxes is not empty talk. I had a front-row seat to such action in California in the late 1970s as an editorial writer for the San Jose Mercury News."https://journalstar.com/opinion/columnists/local-view-a-lesson-from-california/article_8c3f4ce1-4b42-5c48-94d5-7a02ab5953ae.html	3	6	Nebraska	NE	Pete Ricketts	R	GovRicketts