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. : {6 K( U4 a6 P. F6 c
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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. 7 F9 z( I P& {1 u5 v
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Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?