State rep & senator Lonnie Roberts democrat, and legislator for 28 years, is my Uncle. I had front row seats in Salem. I am not referencing a conspiracy as your weak strawman argument claims, I am referencing facts that are confusing the dickens out of you. The shortfall you speak of is lost timber revenue, not property taxes. Property taxes skyrocketed so much due to high density planning, as was planned, it caused massive property tax revolt, and why measure 5 was passed. Property taxes continued to skyrocket after measure 5, and why measure 50 was passed. Property taxes went up, not down, as your ignorance claims. In 1992 90% of the school budget was going to wages & benefits, and why the increased spending stipulated 100% of this new revenue must go to the children or the Union would have taken that too. Today PERS is bankrupting our schools because any new spending must pay this debt. But why let facts get in the way of your deluded ignorance, right?