Does it make me right-wing that I'm not so sure I'd support this? Implementing a city-wide tax with income restrictions seems to open a number of cans of worms.

52% for schools strikes me as someone searching for the bare minimum to credibly claim it's "for the kids."

It would be nice if it was progressive.

Here is the fine print -
52% hire teachers - probably could hire 50-80 teachers for about 85 schools
3% administrative costs
45% split between hiring individual artists to work in schools and the Symphony, Ballet, Art museum, Portland Center Stage etc. for school kids to visit.

Who gets what in the last pie will be interesting. If each of the majors gets a million and every community theater group, musical group, and dance group gets money, the individual artists will be left out.

Actually more like 130 schools.

Taxes must be equally applied to be legal.

Let's see - rising water, sewage, and garbage costs this year. The Library will be asking for more money, and the schools are crafting another attempt at a tax hike too.
Wages have been mostly stagnant, in real dollars, and employment remains sluggish at best.

Oh sure, I'll support it.