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. ) ]( E0 J" j5 W3 d ! Z! p1 ]2 y* j7 g- UMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. / z. ~+ q7 Q T8 a6 Q& ?
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Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?