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. ) h! L4 u5 k( q* r0 d) i7 G5 G2 ]/ O4 J
Mayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. 2 ?5 |! t/ G# I6 E
- h# H1 X- A# W8 X, F. e" sYeah so? You saying that’s not lean?