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 ]& |: b5 ]6 G8 n! e" {( x" l0 K
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. ( {* S9 j3 L1 L: @0 y' j# T: N& |- g7 j/ | r2 o3 p
Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?