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. ' Y9 d! n0 J( {# n3 O" x4 x# u: u' L
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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. ( N" {3 ~# A4 s+ Y, ]* A2 l
2 _4 {1 f! H# d: b' c/ ~Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?