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. 7 x$ s# }" t! i* z: C2 _3 A8 Y- J9 j+ m) Z4 [, }& @* H
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. 2 }" W" K- {; L* ?- w4 u* e0 k% o1 A- g3 z' B5 ^
Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?