It appears that the plug has been pulled on Mayor Tom Potter's tax plan for Portland Schools. From KGW:
[ BlueOregon: Portland Schools Tax is Dead ]

It is a tactical choice in advance of a law suit to force a judge to rule in favor of a judicial imposition of a tax at the state and/or local level. It is designed to transfer the political choice to the judiciary, where they would have to give up on the rule of law or face the music of the coalition of the OEA and the recipients of the investments made by the Oregon Investment Council. It should be a great show. Get your ringside seats.

The Oregon State Bar will be on trial, so to speak. The ducks must all be lined up and the draft of the trial court opinion too, all predetermined for the Oregon Supreme Court to hear it on a fast track.

You see, if there was a pending vote to raise taxes then the judiciary would likely have to wait until after such vote was taken before ruling.