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. # p7 z. i1 J9 W& Q- g# @! O% e1 _4 O, `$ _% J* V+ {1 B5 V5 i) u
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. - w/ D9 A6 m6 o& u4 \$ b9 T" r
6 A# k' [3 a3 w* o# e
Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?