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. 4 r( h; x; f/ l/ K! b; m! T6 \' D$ Q( ~. M1 R+ V0 |: ?2 h
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. * O# d+ g/ e- n8 k7 b( H" G7 Z0 c # @! t) J t( H, a4 r# V2 cYeah so? You saying that’s not lean?