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. + i% v' S$ U( `% @ O% ^
3 C. W* R7 y2 B& r C* f; PMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. " x& ?/ g( X0 @4 r
; q+ W; w {" j/ a/ d3 v/ W5 v2 _Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?