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. # X0 a A4 {; B5 |5 c
$ b- k8 i0 ^6 g* S1 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. 0 k# H# G! j1 L/ u: _# y 9 C5 u3 m8 ^- [4 ]6 ^0 k" r0 X0 ]& AYeah so? You saying that’s not lean?