Portlanders since 2010 have been subjected to an arts tax, a parks tax, a fire tax, a children-services tax, a telephone tax, a gas tax, a construction tax and — come November — city voters will be asked to approve a pot tax and a tax to pay for affordable housing.
“I’m a tax-and-spend liberal,” Commissioner Steve Novick said Thursday, “and I’m tired of voting for tax increases.”
“But,” he continued, “we have a crisis in terms of affordability. And this is a tool that’s available to address it.”