School Bond issues usually are needed to build new schools, and in rural states like Nebraska you see communities all the time decide whether or not to fund a police force or volunteer fire department. It's not the "sexy" part of democratic politics, but it happens.
We have also had votes about whether or not we should dissolve and consolidate schools and/or force small unincorporated towns into being part of near by cities/towns.
Tax levy and bond votes also usually apply to things like road infrastructure, new jails, etc.

as far as i'm concerned, this is the response to the "nobody asked me" crowd