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. 0 b7 N' y) f+ d' y+ W$ y
# T8 C5 e5 f- E% O) D! H$ BMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. ; J7 L% V1 D& l$ I4 f/ k5 `# ?& R
1 l: I8 z6 f- q! l+ H& F* _' kYeah so? You saying that’s not lean?