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. / F, V: E/ {5 H& L+ g
) M2 z3 N" ?/ c/ [) @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. 7 v6 E2 x& M, H3 u. Y / _! g5 L3 o6 BYeah so? You saying that’s not lean?