I read a few minutes ago that the CoP will be swimming in cash next year. One obvious use for these funds is for the arts, thus making the arts tax unnecessary. I used to loathe the arts tax, but these days I’ve had a change of heart. See, the arts tax supports the Portland Art Museum; the PAM website states that its 2015 allotment from the tax was $468,000. The arts tax funds PAM programs like the Friday $5.00 after 5:00, which have made it unnecessary to have a museum membership. I can spend $35 on the tax and $5 whenever I want to visit the museum….and have drinks! Between this and the Groupons/Living Social deals available for the NW Film Center, why would anyone bother with the cost of a museum membership? Perhaps an unintended consequence of a tax marketed to improve arts education for children. It would be interesting to take a look at museum membership data since the inception of the tax.
Arts and Taxes
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And now that the Sears armory is open, we can shutter the downtown library. Think of the development possibilities there!
I loathe the fact that taxpayers are subsidizing a private entity with about $19 million in annual revenues and a net worth of over $126 million, but maybe that’s just me.
http://portlandartmuseum.org/wp-content/up…
That’s what you get for reading. And now I’ve made the same mistake.
How’s this: I’ve never paid the dumbass Arts Tax and I STILL get to enjoy the “$5 Friday” deal.
Chunty, fake. Nobody really goes there.
Lazaar is right, the downtown library would make one hell of a McMenamins…
Everything about the Arts tax remains complete bullshit.
Just the fact all these other organizations are reaping tax dollars for something sold to the public as just helping kids is just insidious.
Oh, and then there is that nasty word REGRESSIVE to boot. That guy making 6 figures, driving a BMW is paying the same damn thing you do.