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. B7 l( U- n2 t1 [3 s 8 _3 ?) D e! `4 R5 n* P; T1 FMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. ) x8 n4 t* J, d5 q# d" K ; g* i I' o m" p" _Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?