Instead, the Oregon Democrats have come up with House Bill 3453, which provides for a method for “imposition of income tax assessment on residents of affected counties with maximum rate to be specified in proclamation and with approval of county governing body.”
In other words, the voters wouldn’t approve a levy, so they will force one down their throats.
https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2013R1/Measures/Text/HB3453/Introduced
Yes... you get the idea... see #27...
That is what the whole mess about the firing of the unelected city manager was about... he was working to implement a tax increase and public employee salary increases all on his own without any approval from either the elected city government or the voters.
When he was fired, he refused to leave, saying he had too much work that needed to be finished! Imagine that... I wonder how many document shredders were working late into the night...