(Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) Using school desks as props, and surrounded by Alpine School District students and some award-winning teachers , Our Schools Now formally launches its tax increase initiative during a press event at the Capitol in June. Recent poll number show the ballot initiative proposal — which would raise $715 million in new money for public schools through increases in sales and incomes taxes — continues to emjoy majority support among Utahns, while opposition to the initiative is declining.