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. 3 c7 T$ R* {) i# ~& P& ^1 u* ^: L6 G) v5 u
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. & Y- u+ P9 v- I, C' o! w* e* |( B: G, G& Y+ {& T. _
Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?