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. * J! |5 p, }0 s& ]2 O, S5 s% b
e6 K0 {& G( Q% wMayor 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- t+ \; ~- I. h" ? 5 h; N/ q* P/ y% u& \2 a9 uYeah so? You saying that’s not lean?