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. # y9 i( l9 {$ B- I8 E1 z5 N5 P# e- |5 w1 {, I" U
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. . ~8 V* _3 U$ I! f2 g3 A
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Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?