You seem to be confused on a number of things here. Perhaps I can set things straight for you. You appear to be under the impression that Oregon has a large amount of 'elite' people and representatives who don't care about the common poor folk. In essence, a Republican Majority State. Unfortunatly, as everyone in Oregon and most people outside know, The state is actually super Democrat. Look at the history. The last Republican Governer was in 1986. 22 Years ago. Oregon has voted Democrat in all Presidential Elections since Bill Clinton (1991). Not sure before that.

You also seem to think that Cyclists don't pay State and Local taxes. They may not pay road taxes in the form of Gasoline Tax. But they do in fact pay taxes, and quite a few of them do pay Road Taxes in other form, such as personal cars and taxi service (which passes the Gas Tax onto people without cars).

I live in Oregon, I have heard no such thing as bicycle gangs attacking drivers. As another reply mentioned, your google link shows 1 post from nearly 2 years ago of one incident.

Please, stop hating, stop fearing, and do some research.

Of course they wouldn't take away taxes. Why bother? If the State of Oregon has a revenue (aka Tax) surplus above what the budget is, then they are required by law to refund that to us tax payers in what is called a 'kicker' check. Before the economic crunch, we used to get them quite a bit. So in effect, an increase in tax over what the state needs would just come right back to tax payers. Of course, they can't just expand government either and do whatever they want to with the increased revenue. They have to vote on increases in spending, and many of those votes require the public to vote. And if the tax surplus from another tax gets too much, we as tax payers can always lower the proptery tax via measures and bills. This is how spending is kept under control. Oh wait, that actually makes sense when you think about it.