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. 9 F) Y0 S, K b1 k' R
$ z! K9 |8 O. `0 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. ) I8 O6 f9 K$ x0 a : k7 W9 S1 Y* e9 s+ _Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?