The city of Edmonton evidently thinks Albertans are so enamoured of tax increases now that the NDP is in charge that it has proposed increasing property taxes 4.9% a year for each of the next three years. 7 K& K$ c9 S4 z$ | / R, P. }3 F( P9 ?) m8 `Mayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. % b5 B/ e$ o) y2 W( s* U' r2 D! w# q/ w' H
Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?