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. 1 T) I" n9 m1 |' k, C- ` ! s& _- K2 t0 @: 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. 4 o% u+ C- s; i! D+ O; l9 r9 P. P1 w' y
Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?