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. 4 t( C! c* C( y0 N& i& L 3 {) w& N) U% |" m! v! YMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. ' L2 D% w. U% A' b
" a7 e1 {3 u. Q" J# U4 NYeah so? You saying that’s not lean?