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, Z3 Z+ W1 U5 J; @ 5 V: L1 m4 O! h, z e" j6 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. & l/ V* Q" L; P" U( p) |. l( F1 I. [0 o' K
Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?