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. ! }4 J9 E! J( u& T/ S" Q% x
+ y7 A" m" h' A1 HMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. " l) E6 w, ^$ X! r6 x! Q" s4 {( N2 i. P6 s) S2 @4 e% ~* d
Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?