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. 8 J1 M3 C9 d+ ?- ^- f
4 r( S. K) ~+ @$ QMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. ! \' O3 o: I: r' ^* g( h1 E: O. I+ c& A
Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?