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. . k7 n% }6 ~9 Y: I( z
2 d9 d# b" S4 v7 V5 C+ lMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. + E9 h% z# b( A4 x5 r# u: r! |* t( M2 K( u& x1 L+ e- K
Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?