This simply isn’t true: Far from being wasteful, the data shows that the City of Edmonds has been very frugal with our taxpayer dollars. This has limited the growth in Edmonds property taxes to just 29%. In 2011, Edmonds put three propositions on the ballot to increase property taxes for: public safety, parks etc. Now, 14 years later, the city is again asking voters to approve a levy increase to cover the same general areas under a single proposition. Since 2001, the aggregate assessed valuation of taxable property in Edmonds has increased by 382%.