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. 0 i7 I' I6 \! C5 R& |! Q7 f 2 Y$ Z1 U1 t7 v7 Q% @7 nMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. a, ]* T8 a& K
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Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?