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 z# O# n/ I0 K5 I2 z9 _: L' e, f( e& \
% Q0 I5 m: k! l" j5 vMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. ) @ Y7 e! p% g" m4 u5 q' j: G
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Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?