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. {4 `3 V/ Y8 U
) ^" o% [( K1 ^8 X$ J: G# }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. $ c0 @' T, t1 B2 G( y
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Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?