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  2. Are Portlanders Paying the Arts Tax? (Not really.)
PDX INDEX

Are Portlanders Paying the Arts Tax? (Not really.)

And where’s that money going, anyway?

By Ramona DeNies March 25, 2016 Published in the April 2016 issue of Portland Monthly

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Image: Vikulin; Andrej Vodolazhskyi/shutterstock

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