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. - [# m& h+ G8 q " } q) ~! p' |+ E& bMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. : v! D. n" S% E- {1 O7 s+ y) a
- W, T" [1 L$ ?. W* uYeah so? You saying that’s not lean?