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. / ^: b- w/ {7 c U% r- |" v/ k
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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. 5 M3 x6 `1 B4 U" \0 f l! J! P: v3 `7 E
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Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?