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. 0 [4 f2 _+ J5 M/ A& M- i % m* R$ x! `9 V: CMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. 0 C; o5 D8 O; i' D
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Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?