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. ! b% ?/ L; U& ?! F. d
1 c+ c3 X% `9 D w6 P L& w# q* XMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. 0 N& t0 T- h" j: u" v f5 `& I3 u
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Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?