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. 2 ]9 J! W0 ?0 `3 R' o5 i
& c% q& x# j3 U! WMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. 9 H/ m1 U' ]4 K + l( l. p2 {) y2 ]Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?