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. % I+ o; H2 C* Q- E$ R$ b ! j4 L: A* V2 x' u- y% VMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. j' {3 [1 h6 j& o0 H, q2 C5 O5 J' x$ E/ h9 A
Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?