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. % }+ D' ~+ [: V
, S/ D6 ]- `1 _7 oMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. $ k3 n5 r: q% M3 y# V. Q7 p+ E d1 S. K" u! y9 H
Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?