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. & f) n7 `1 |9 c8 c& T$ b$ D
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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. ; e5 Z) `% }9 }) A, M t$ {4 R I0 G$ i4 S6 \- @
Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?