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. " c! W: L" l% _
4 F3 s" n; O7 t/ x$ o" l* _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. ' M) u" e: g& J. v. u: S' @ }( ~( b5 S
Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?