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. 7 O8 K- k% P4 K* k7 w- z+ }4 R$ X& 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. ! C( [7 ~3 i* M1 k4 `" B) P" u. p! Q+ P9 h; q3 I+ x. y4 f
Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?