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. 1 P3 B7 o% Z `6 e0 ?
* `; w/ x5 r/ 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. - L# e: _& `% l+ j7 f
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Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?