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. " L% s9 Q1 ~( `, \/ A Z9 N2 J" ~
& o# t3 C, T# a5 l5 L; yMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. : V& h$ b3 _/ q) ?. z6 O7 F
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Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?