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& m) m8 M5 M& N+ _! Y7 b: _
2 G0 d9 V" a! B0 L# Q& TMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. + _3 Z9 d) u1 J/ w& r7 l( J9 j: X9 B0 K% r- [9 d! w+ }
Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?