Editorial: Mayor's budget plan flawed

Mayor Don Iveson is right to focus on fiscal restraint in the coming city budget which he warns will be the toughest in a decade.
Unfortunately, some parts of his five-point plan unveiled this week to rein in tax increases don’t make sense for Edmonton.
The first plank in his budget platform calls for rolling back the subsidy on suburban growth. Iveson wants homeowners moving into Edmonton’s newest suburbs to pay more for infrastructure such as fire halls, traffic interchanges and re