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. 1 H; w- A3 F, b( p6 i
) r: @: g- l; M* ?% ]. s! y- |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. & N; Z/ Y& f2 F4 H5 a* y3 w9 C$ W
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Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?