Squeeze every last drop.

There is another bill in Salem, OR trying to change the way voters approve of tax increases. What it would do is end the double majority requirement for approving a property tax increase. So right now at least 50% of registered voters must turn out and 50% of them must vote yes on the ballot.
The Oregonian complains that this means that couch potatoes and disinterested people have more power than people who actually get out and vote.
Rogue Pundit has a few things to say about that.

As I've noted many times, most Oregonians are not anti-tax, but anti-tax increase. There's a huge difference...that too many tax advocates are unwilling to admit or unable to perceive. Voters remain sick of the dishonest pretense that voting against a tax increase results in a tax cut, and are tired of being called stupid and/or uncaring when they vote against such increases. And, they've learned to expect the state's larger newspapers to advocate for tax increases.

I agree, as I'm not anti-tax, but would like to see the government improve the way it spends before I OK any more increases.

Most of our tax advocates think that Oregon's resistance to tax increases is a marketing, not a product issue. This proposal is a bit different...it would lower the bar regarding how many people the advocates have to sell to gain a tax increase. We "deserve" the chance to relax the requirements--to make their job easier to increase our taxes.

What we deserve is honest, efficient government that we can trust to spend our money wisely. Why are we discussing double majorities when we still don't have, for instance, a rainy day fund? You can't market your way out of that one.