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. % E {2 }& Q/ u; b# F- i$ S
7 n& W3 v( k: w* S" `) mMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. - w) E; a( D& E2 c3 l! ~/ W ' Q) x% h1 ~" i6 F+ ]Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?