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 I9 U2 f5 \" e! q. G4 E
$ c% H/ w9 d1 d" BMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. 3 R! E& O! X0 ^/ n
0 i5 V [" W% i+ o* K+ JYeah so? You saying that’s not lean?