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. $ d+ {9 q% `% F4 L0 U4 n: z+ p2 q z3 T/ H9 {2 m, a( {6 o& k' w+ j
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. 5 X8 l4 H, n& q, b4 K3 R' T0 o# B* c
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Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?