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. . s- _' c! q. ^ 8 o! G3 h; e0 N' B7 V1 mMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. / B) z1 ^1 b2 v* g- n d
9 G2 F. I% Z; T) w0 W0 o9 j+ X$ DYeah so? You saying that’s not lean?