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. 9 k0 I1 B% m: N: y4 F
: E8 W- q; D2 N8 j) YMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. : z+ V- w3 U# m
& {3 Z% D& x( }- ?0 j% BYeah so? You saying that’s not lean?