I understand the excuse of making this tax hike permanent.  It has been reported that this tax will give the Travel Oregon’s unelected board more money to blow on a bunch of other “tourism-related projects”.  

This is nothing more than a sporting event for the pleasure of entertainment. Sure its a big event, but tapping the public to finance it sends the wrong message.  Imposing this tax will indicate that entertainment events are more important than tangible services, such as police, fire, libraries, pools, COHOOTS, etc.