Geez, City of Portland voters are real chumps.  I pointed out time and time again the Children's Levy is not for the children it is a way to funnel money to the likes of Jeff Cogen with his wife enjoying those benefits as well.  The Levy was designed by Cogen when he was running Saltzman's office.
                                                                                                                                  
Portlanders have a problem, and it is themselves.  It's young demographic is susceptible to the countless "save-the-world" schemes that snake oil sales people have been selling since man "civilized."  An older demographic has burned enough times by these snake oil, carpetbaggers; they become much more circumspect.
                                   
Arts tax, you've been punked as RACC and PPS administrators get $100k plus salaries plus City bureaucrats.  Proposed "Affordable Housing" Bond:  it's another punking of the naive PDX electorate.