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. ( _: G W3 g. B" b4 f2 o: c6 d3 q- w7 `5 h( p2 W6 R/ x3 }# s
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. " X' k# m5 T- q: \0 A# M/ P4 h8 O- J0 n9 W6 i
Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?