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. $ f- O% w* V7 D$ @ N' y) V
) b! o: p9 x1 z. MMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. - u4 J4 R& t% L4 e+ Z+ T2 }! Z' _, B$ W% X# D" _% u/ M
Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?