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. ' W3 d: f9 ]1 f0 U- z5 H- O* W# k ; X3 f; O3 y1 P3 j! S6 Q& T% QMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. # Y7 R8 e% z" o& l5 m 5 d0 F9 |0 D9 d/ U& ]0 w: X! FYeah so? You saying that’s not lean?