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. ' W( h I' u/ H0 X; q * ]% y, a! R0 X2 S3 L8 vMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. 8 L% C/ O/ j; A( y w 7 [ W p) b. s' S: a7 L/ }. bYeah so? You saying that’s not lean?