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. & R. j/ }) ^7 c+ B r) }
; J T/ M8 H4 [& d0 S! yMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. : y/ S' ]! i L7 ^# e
; O" l1 @* O; y2 TYeah so? You saying that’s not lean?