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. : x# x. U( f) v8 L, n8 G2 E* T
- m; |* c( R5 o6 ]# jMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. ' \. T5 c! H' w: L( G ' t+ f& _5 k, J- N; r; YYeah so? You saying that’s not lean?