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. - M7 O' @4 H2 H+ o' D; e4 v7 ?' d4 d2 s9 Z/ j P7 c! r
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. 0 {) O7 y& z" t2 m. H , _+ Z) g& X! M* c6 b! {Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?