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. 1 O0 \( f; t' n0 I
- H5 i/ _3 G z# x+ Q# G2 R' hMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. $ r4 @" E( p* C1 D
% o, t! @& p! n( w5 e WYeah so? You saying that’s not lean?