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. , d2 K! J- \% J. M0 o % B' W2 @' ^) \; Y( `Mayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. # s4 R7 x( x' r
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Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?