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. ! n4 O' _ A+ ~& p$ V/ F9 O0 v ) _- g6 j8 b* N$ E* T/ {- p- kMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. - K8 b- j& n: v6 r% V& Q$ v; e% \$ p& j" S$ z+ z3 W
Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?