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. 2 {6 {/ X7 g# r% A1 n6 M) p4 M6 o# U0 A# q) z, }& U4 K L
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. 3 e: c- |6 x3 d5 p+ ~( n7 W* P, t; Y! w5 s% W
Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?