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. # L: F8 i* A9 r8 f# M % Z ]3 N# s3 H- OMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. ( r$ G8 `: ~; v9 N8 Q2 f& Z/ R4 o+ F6 \, o! y2 \4 s& B
Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?